| This linked module explores key elements in the economics of European integration. Their main goal is to provide an analysis of the rationale and the consequences for European countries of the establishment of common economic policies. Discussions on economic policy are based upon analysis of the theory and the methodology and data that have been applied in empirical assessment together with implications of the results obtained. Topics covered include: preferential trading areas, trade policy, the EU’s internal market, financing the EU, monetary union, EU enlargement, potential UK exit from the EU, plus internal policies such as regional policy and competition policy. While the focus is principally on the economic dimension of the European Union, it is firmly placed within the context of the surrounding political debates.
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