Курсовая работа: The UK as a member of the EU

2.2.6 The 2003 reforms

2.2.7 The 2007-08 CAP Heath check

2.3 Economic and Monetary Union

2.3.1 European Monetary Union: reasons and history

2.3.2 Benefits and costs

2.3.3 The UK case

2.3.4 Summary and conclusions

Chapter 3. Politic integration the EU and the UK

3.1 Common foreign and security policy

3.1.1 Aims

3.1.2 The Main Players in CFSP

3.1.3 Common Security & Defense Policy (CSDP)

3.1.4 Conclusion

3.2 European constitution

3.2.1 The British Constitutional option: No constitution

3.2.2 Option 2: a none cosmetic revision

Conclusion

References

Introduction

The topic of my project is “The UK as a member of the EU”, which I have choose for my course paper. I consider this topic to be very actual and significant, because nowadays the European Union is the greatest political and economic centre of the world, an intergovernmental and supranational union of 27 democratic member states. The Union is constantly pretending to be the leader in world policy, but it has resistance on the part of several Member States. Traditionally Britain is one of them. Reason of such relations lies in a number of historical, cultural, political and economic factors. Relations with the EU for Britain are one of priority directions of policy, but at the same time the UK is craving for soverenity and independence and trying to keep influence on the political arena. That is why we can say “Britain is in the European Union, but not with it”.

The purpose of my project is to examine political and economic role of the UK in Europe.

I have established following problems for performance of the purpose of the project:

1. Reasons of creation the EU and prerequisites for Britain to enter the Union

2. History of relations

3. Political and economic role of the UK in Europe and main problems, connected with it

My work includes besides introduction, conclusion and 3 chapters.

Chapter 1 describes the history the EU creation, premises of British membership and problems connected with it.

Chapter 2 examines the role of GB in the European Economic Integration basically in main spheres such as Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), European Community Budget and Monetary system. Benefits and difficulties in each branch are scrutinized as well.

Chapter 3 considers political place of Britain in the Union, its influence on coming to conclusions and attitude of British government towards European Constitution.