Banking Union

The aim of this bachelor's thesis is to introduce individual pillars of the Banking Union and critically evaluate appropriateness of the whole concept, to give selected arguments for and against the voluntary entry into the Banking Union and subsequently to make an analysis of selected benefits and opportunities complemented by an analysis of selected disadvantages and risks, which would stem from participation in the Banking Union, for a state whose currency is not the euro. Another task of the work is to assess impacts of participation of the Czech Republic in the Banking Union. The research question is whether voluntary participation in the Banking Union is advantageous for the Czech Republic or not. The bachelor's thesis consists of three chapters. The first chapter introduces the concept of the Banking Union, including its individual pillars. The second chapter focuses on the possibility of voluntary participation in the Banking Union for the states whose currency is not the euro, and it also includes arguments for and against establishing close cooperation. The third chapter is represented by an analysis of benefits, opportunities, disadvantages and risks of voluntary participation in the Banking Union which is followed by an impact analysis of eventual participation of the Czech Republic. In conclusion, there is recapitulated the result of the analyses which consists in the recommendation to the Czech Republic not to join the Banking Union voluntarily