Unit 1 - A "United States of Europe"?; The EU's internal market: overview; The EU's internal market at eye level with the US; Integration through liberalization: Fundamental Freedoms; Integration through secondary law; Integration and the role of competition law; Company law: integration until 1989; Company Law Directives; Company law: 1989 until 2002/03 - deadlock; The Commission's Company Law Action Plan (2003); Reflection process on the future of EU company law; The Commission's Company Law Action Plan (2012).