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From status quo power to reform engine: Germany's future role in the European Union
Von der Status-quo-Macht zum Reformmotor: Deutschlands künftige Rolle in der Europäischen Union
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Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik -SWP- Deutsches Institut für Internationale Politik und Sicherheit
Abstract
One of the self-imposed goals of Germany's new Federal Government is to shift the priority of its European policy from a focus on European Union (EU) cohesion towards its reform and deepening. The first window of opportunity for this will open as early as spring 2022. In order to achieve the desired... view more
One of the self-imposed goals of Germany's new Federal Government is to shift the priority of its European policy from a focus on European Union (EU) cohesion towards its reform and deepening. The first window of opportunity for this will open as early as spring 2022. In order to achieve the desired reform of the EU, however, Germany must change four aspects of its approach to European policy. It must strike a new balance between crisis mode and reform agenda; combine the community method with differentiated integration; engage in more active intra-European diplomacy to forge a reform coalition; and create concrete initiatives to operationalise the ambition for European sovereignty. (author's abstract)... view less
Keywords
Federal Republic of Germany; EU; European Policy; European integration
Classification
European Politics
Free Keywords
Beziehungen von Mitgliedern zu internationalem Akteur; Außenpolitische Ziele; Entwicklung internationalen Akteurs; Reform; Entwicklungsperspektive und -tendenz; Politische Reformen; Sektorale Politiken; Institutionelle Entwicklung internationalen Akteurs; Gruppenbildung innerhalb internationalen Akteurs; Gemeinsame Außen- und Sicherheitspolitik (EU)
Document language
English
Publication Year
2022
City
Berlin
Page/Pages
6 p.
Series
SWP Comment, 11/2022
DOI
https://doi.org/10.18449/2022C11
ISSN
2747-5107
Status
Published Version; reviewed
Licence
Deposit Licence - No Redistribution, No Modifications