Germany and the European Union: How Chancellor Angela Merkel Shaped Europe

by Gisela Mïller-Brandeck-Bocquet

Overview

This book aims to present a coherent picture of Germany’s European policy during Merkel’s chancellorship. At the same time, it traces the development of the EU in the period 2005–2021. Accordingly, the European crises and the internal and external threats to the integration community are addressed, as well as the jointly developed solutions. Thus, on the one hand, the book shows what Germany was willing to do for Europe; on the other, it reveals how the EU was able to develop further as the most important point of reference for German politics and power.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9783031106279
Publisher:	Springer-Verlag New York, LLC
Publication date:	10/26/2022
Series:	Contributions to Political Science
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	452 KB

About the Author

Prof. Gisela Müller-Brandeck-Bocquet held Jean Monnet Chair for European Studies and International Relations at the University of Würzburg.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1. Introduction.- Chapter 2. Angela Merkel as Europe’s New Hope?.- Chapter 3. Germany and the Lisbon Treaty.- Chapter 4. Germany’s Role in the Euro Crisis: Europe’s Disciplinarian or Indispensable Leader?.- Chapter 5. The Merkel Governments and Access Policies: Immigration, Visa and Asylum Policies.- Chapter 6. EU Enlargement Policy in the Merkel Era.- Chapter 7. Germany’s contribution to EU foreign and security policy.- Chapter 8. EU climate protection policy and Germany’s ambivalent role.- Chapter 9. Increasingly Limited Scope for German European Policy: Parliament and FederalConstitutional Court.- Chapter 10. Angela Merkel’s Taboo Breaking: The Corona Reconstruction Fund.- Chapter 11. German European Policy in the Merkel Era: An Attempt to Take Stock

Editorial Reviews

Practitioners and scholars alike will find great use in the detailed tracing of the decision-making processes on the EU level in navigating the poly-crisis. … Müller-Brandeck-Bocquet’s book expertly examines and demonstrates that despite the growing pragmatism in Germany’s EU policy, the successive Merkel governments adhered to the German raison d’état to make a continuous and substantial contribution to European unification.” (Niklas Helwig, German Politics, March 7, 2023)

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