UNIVERSITY OF MALTA INSTITUTE FOR EUROPEAN STUDIES

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UNIVERSITY OF MALTA

INSTITUTE FOR EUROPEAN STUDIES

Master of Arts in European Politics, Economics and Law

Academic Year 2014-15 Semester 1

EST5310 - THEORIES OF EUROPEAN INTEGRATION

Date of exam: Friday 16 th

January 2015 Time of exam: 09.15 – 11.15

Time allowed 2 hours. Choose any TWO from the four questions below. All questions carry equal marks. Start a fresh page for every new answer.

1.

Contrast and compare the peace plans and the concept of European union proposed by the Abbé de Saint-Pierre, William Penn and John Bellers.

2.

Discuss the main proposals advanced in the contemporary debate on the future of

European integration under the broad heading of ‘more Europe’ and show the extent to which this approach could help the EU solve its current problems.

3.

Assess and contrast the manner in which functionalism, neo-functionalism and inter-governmentalism, including Liberal Inter-governmentalism, explain the process of European integration making sure that the main points of difference between these approaches are thoroughly brought out.

4.

To what extent does the EU compare to a federation, or is it more correct to refer to it as a ‘multi-level polity’ or both?

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