Objectives of the course: Knowledge of historical (European and international), social and cultural context of the creation of the European Communities; identifying the premises of the emergence of the European Union; understanding the need for the establishment of the European Communities, as economic integration organizations and of the EU perspectives as a new subject of international law (after the Lisbon Treaty).
The course History of the European Union presents and proposes for the students a debate on: the origins of the union idea at European level; the European structure before signing the treaties establishing the European Communities; the emergence of the European Union as a sui generis entity and as a subject of international law; the enlargement of the European Communities and the European Union.

The purpose of the course is to focus on the better understanding of developments in the European Communities and the EU, from a historical perspective.