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Constructing a German Europe?

Germany's Europe Debate Revisited


Author(s): Timo Behr, Niklas Helwig
Publisher(s): Finnish Institute of International Affairs (FIIA), Helsinki
Date of publication: Feb 2012
Issue number: 99
Pages: 11
Series: FIIA (UPI) Briefing Papers

Description: Germany’s ambiguous role during the eurozone crisis has stoked fears that a more self-confident and dynamic Germany is threatening the political independence and economic well-being of its neighbors and will lead to a “German Europe”. German weakness, not power, is the main challenge to EU integration. In order to build a supranational EU and a “European Germany”, Germans will have to overhaul their Cold War institutions and traditions that have become a brake on EU integration.

General note: © 2012 Finnish Institute of International Affairs (FIIA)

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