During the pre-accession period to the European Union (EU), many universities in Central and Eastern Europe opened new majors in order to prepare specialists in the field of European affairs. Given that French is the second language of the EU, teaching French as a foreign language is often a part of these majors’ curriculum. Therefore, it is interesting to address some pedagogical issues which arise concerning such university courses, e.g.: how to situate them in relation to other existing language courses, what their goals are, what methodological approach should be adopted and how to incorporate authentic documents into the program, as well as which teaching and learning scenarios integrating such materials should be used in class.