Germany and the European Union

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

“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)

• 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