The latvian academy of culture

Term 6

	Theme	Hours
1.	The history of the foundation of the European Union.	2
2.	The reasons and aims of the foundation of the European Union.	2
3.	The establishment and structure of the EU.	2
4.	Political union and defence.	2
5.	The speciality country and the EU.	2
6.	The foundation of the Western European Union.	2
7.	The agreements of the European Economic Community.	2
8.	The inner market of the European Economic Community and the stages of its creation.	2
9.	The single European Act.	2
10.	The four freedoms of the inner market.	2
11.	The agreement on the European Economic space.	2
12.	The Maastricht Treaty.	2
13.	The system of rights and legislation of the European Union.	2
14.	The budget of the European Union.	2
15.	The economic and monetary unity.	2

Term 7

	Theme	Hours
1.	The history of the set of laws of the EU.	2
2.	The process of making decisions and the most important procedures in the European Union.	2
3.	The process of making decisions and the most important procedures in the European Union.	2
4.	The institutions of the European Union.	2
5.	The institutions of the European Union.	2
6.	The European council.	2
7.	The Court of Europe.	2
8.	European Parliament.	2
9.	The culture policy of the EU.	2
10.	The culture policy of the EU.	2
11.	The regional policy of the European Union.	2
12.	The social policy of the European Union.	2
13.	Latvia and the European Union.	2
14.	Latvia and the European Union.	2
15.	The criteria of Copenhagen, the advancement towards the European Union, history and the current situation.	2
16.	The criteria of Copenhagen, the advancement towards the European Union, history and the current situation.	2

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