The course will initially address the concept of the internal market as it has evolved historically (common market – single market – internal market). It will examine the fundamental ‘Community’ freedoms (free movement of goods, workers, services, payments/capital and freedom of establishment) enshrined in the Treaties, as developed by the case law of the CJEU, as well as the basic principles governing the functioning of the internal market (including, but not limited to, the principle of mutual recognition and the principle of mutual trust).

Furthermore, the course shall address the fundamental principles governing the functioning of the Economic and Monetary Union (EMU). In this context, certain constitutional aspects of the Banking Union shall also be examined, in light of its position between internal market and EMU law.