Date: 2020
Type: Working Paper
The politics of differentiated integration : what do governments want? country report – Germany
Working Paper, EUI RSCAS, 2020/96, Integrating Diversity in the European Union (InDivEU)
NAGEL, Lukas, The politics of differentiated integration : what do governments want? country report – Germany, EUI RSCAS, 2020/96, Integrating Diversity in the European Union (InDivEU) - https://hdl.handle.net/1814/69241
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This report analyses the salience and position of the German government concerning differentiated integration in the European Union. The report employs a range of quantitative and qualitative methods to analyse government programs, speeches of the prime minister and parliamentary debates. The results of the salience analysis show that differentiated integration is sparsely mentioned by the German government. It occurs most frequently in parliamentary debates, where it is discussed on a concrete level and concerns instances and mechanisms of differentiated integration. The results of the position analysis show that the German government and opposition parties take a very similar stance that encourages homogenous European legislation in reference to Germany’s historical role and responsibility in Europe. However, when the parliament discusses a specific issue that is in one of the parties’ or Germany’s general interest, mechanisms of differentiated integration are embraced as a way to move forward. This stance can be summarized as homogenisation if possible, DI if necessary.
Cadmus permanent link: https://hdl.handle.net/1814/69241
ISSN: 1028-3625
Series/Number: EUI RSCAS; 2020/96; Integrating Diversity in the European Union (InDivEU)
Publisher: European University Institute
Keyword(s): European Union Germany Differentiated integration
Grant number: H2020/822304/EU
Sponsorship and Funder information:
This [report/publication/etc] is part of the InDivEU project which has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement number 822304.
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