Costs and benefits of membership of Czech Republic in the European Union

The thesis studies the benefits and costs of membership in the European Union. Specifically, the thesis examines the historical development of economic-political concepts on the European continent and the development of theoretical concepts of integration conceptions. Here I conclude, that the best political integration concept is realistic intergovernmentalism for its ability to react to the political changes. Moreover, I disclose quite often communist or socialist past of European Commissioners in my thesis. I deal with contentious areas of activity of the European Union in the practical part of my thesis. I overcame to testify that, the real net position between the Czech Republic and the European Union is negative. The item which changes that gap between transfers to the European Union and from the European Union are costs for EU legislation. Economic per annum costs of regulation worth 3,7 % of GDP by the study of the European Economic and Social Committee. These costs, which are paid by consumers, change net position between the Czech Republic and the European Union from positive to negative position. I examine the democratic deficit in my thesis. My conclusion is that institutional problems cause the problem of democratic deficit, what is for example wrong distribution of checks and balances. Further, I prove that selected benefits of European Union have many variances of alternatives in the world what I illustrate with many specific examples. I did not prove in my thesis connection between entry into the European Union and increase outflow of profits in the form of dividends of German and France banks. The aim of the bachelor thesis was to analyse the costs of regulation and administration of the European Union. Further prove that the real net position between the Czech Republic and the European Union, a position extended by these costs is actually negative and not positive, as is often published in media.