Module

Main themes of the Module

• The European Parliament: history, evolution and progress
• The European dimension of parties in the European Communities and the European Union: national parties, party federations, political groups in the European Parliament
• The European People’s Party (EPP)
• The Party of European Socialists – Socialists and Democrats (PES – S&D)
• The Party of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (ALDE)
• The Party of European Conservatives and Reformists (ECR)
• The European Green Party
• The Party of the European Left (SE)
• The Identity and Democracy (ID) Party
• The Party of the European Free Alliance (EFA)
• The European Democratic Party (EDP)
• The European Christian Political Movement (ECPM)
• Europeanism and federalism between the nineteenth and twentieth centuries
• Federalist and pro-European movements
• Anti-Europeanism and Euroscepticism: distinctions, groups and objectives
• The state of the European Union: historical-political excursus on ideas, projects and achievements during the European integration process
• Main proposals for institutional reform
• The Conference on the Future of Europe
• Democracy and subsidiarity
• European citizenship
• Economic and Social Committee and Committee of the Regions
• European networks and lobbies
• Religions and Churches in the European Union