Germany's Position on the System Reform of the European Union in 2002-2016

This book presents the evolution of Germany's stance on the reform of the European Union in 2002-2016. It analyses the positions of the German government and parliamentary opposition on the reform of the European Union's political system, the reform of the Economic and Monetary Union and the Eurozone, and on the EU immigration crisis.

This book presents the evolution of Germany's stance on the reform of the European Union in the years 20022016. The objectives of the book are threefold: first, to analyse the positions of the German government and parliamentary opposition on the reform of the European Union's political system in 20022009; second, to describe their stance on the system reform of the Economic and Monetary Union and the Eurozone in 20122016; and third, to analyse their positions on the EU immigration crisis in 20152016. The study employs a triangulation of a variety of qualitative methods: case-studies, analysis of official documents, literature, speeches and historic items. The result is an in-depth and multidimensional picture of the activities and positions of members of the German government and parliamentary opposition regarding the reform of the EU's political system.

Autorentext

Janusz Józef W c is Professor of Humanities in Recent World History, International Relations and European Studies, and Head of the Chair of Studies on Integration Processes at the Jagiellonian University in Kraków (Poland). He has authored more than 200 scientific publications and held research stays at the universities of Bonn, Erlangen-Nuremberg, Salzburg, Berlin, Bremen and Nijmegen.

Klappentext

This book presents the evolution of Germany s stance on the reform of the European Union in the years 2002 2016. The objectives of the book are threefold: first, to analyse the positions of the German government and parliamentary opposition on the reform of the European Union s political system in 2002 2009; second, to describe their stance on the system reform of the Economic and Monetary Union and the Eurozone in 2012 2016; and third, to analyse their positions on the EU immigration crisis in 2015 2016. The study employs a triangulation of a variety of qualitative methods: case-studies, analysis of official documents, literature, speeches and historic items. The result is an in-depth and multidimensional picture of the activities and positions of members of the German government and parliamentary opposition regarding the reform of the EU s political system.

Inhalt

Evolution of Germany's stance on the system reform of the European Union in the years 2002- 2016 - Treaty reform of the Union in the years 2002- 2005 and 2005- 2009 - Changes in the secondary law in 2012- 2016 - Eurozone debt crisis - EU migration crisis - System reform of the EU and the Economic and Monetary Union (2012- 2016) - Reform of the immigration and asylum policy of the European Union (2015- 2016)