The Franco-German Relationship in the European Union (Routledge Research in European Public Policy)

BOOK COVER......Page 1
TITLE......Page 4
COPYRIGHT......Page 5
CONTENTS......Page 6
ILLUSTRATIONS......Page 8
CONTRIBUTORS......Page 9
SERIES EDITOR’S PREFACE......Page 11
AUTHOR’S PREFACE......Page 13
ABBREVIATIONS......Page 15
1 INTRODUCTION......Page 18
The Franco-German relationship: distinctive traits......Page 19
The Franco-German relationship: its role in the EU......Page 20
France and Germany in European integration theory......Page 21
France and Germany in existing literature on the EU......Page 26
The contributions......Page 29
Notes......Page 34
References......Page 35
Introduction......Page 38
The Atlantic context......Page 39
German primacy in Europe......Page 41
France challenges the DM......Page 45
A glidepath to (dis)union......Page 49
Conclusion......Page 53
Notes......Page 55
References......Page 57
Introduction......Page 60
1990–93: Rapid enlargement versus indefinite postponement......Page 62
1993–94: From French parliamentary elections to German presidency......Page 66
1995–96: President Chirac, IGC and obsession with monetary union......Page 70
Conclusion......Page 73
Notes......Page 75
References......Page 76
Introduction......Page 77
Entrenched national differences: French and German electricity systems......Page 78
First steps......Page 80
Existing constraints: the treaty provisions......Page 83
Changing gear: trying to circumvent the Council......Page 84
Protracted negotiations......Page 86
France and Germany and the European negotiations......Page 87
Conclusion......Page 90
Acknowledgements......Page 91
References......Page 92
Introduction......Page 94
German telecommunications and policy patterns......Page 95
French telecommunications and policy patterns......Page 97
Commission as corporate actor in telecommunications policy......Page 99
Trend toward liberalisation......Page 100
Co-operation at grass-roots level: from discordia to Global One......Page 103
From conflict to co-operation......Page 104
From discordia to Eunetcom......Page 105
From Atlas and Phoenix to Global One......Page 106
Conclusion......Page 109
Notes......Page 110
References......Page 111
Role of the EU in technology policy......Page 113
Why co-operate? patterns of conflict in European technology policy......Page 116
Co-operation outside the community framework: intergovernmental minimalism in European technology policy......Page 119
Co-operation within the Community framework: neo-functionalist logic of European technology policy......Page 122
Adapting national interests to new realities: Franco-German convergence in European technology policy......Page 125
Conclusion......Page 127
Referencences......Page 129
Introduction......Page 132
Conflict over Organisation of Common Agricultural Market 1961–62......Page 134
Battle over common cereals price 1964......Page 136
Financing of the CAP and ‘empty chair’ crisis 1965–66......Page 137
The 1990s: GATT Uruguay Round and CAP reform......Page 139
Failure of the Brussels GATT summit 1990......Page 140
CAP Reform 1992......Page 141
Blair House accord 1992......Page 142
Revision of the Blair House accord 1993......Page 143
Conclusion......Page 145
Notes......Page 148
References......Page 150
Introduction......Page 152
Ideology and European social policy......Page 153
Explaining policy preferences......Page 155
Role of organised interests......Page 156
France, Germany and social policy before Maastricht......Page 157
Explaining policy differences......Page 158
From the Social Charter to Maastricht......Page 160
The Maastricht compromise: Social Protocol and Agreement......Page 161
A new Social Policy agenda: ‘flexibility’ and ‘subsidiarity’......Page 163
Conclusion......Page 166
References......Page 168
Introduction......Page 171
An enduring political and institutional co-operation......Page 172
Lack of operational credibility......Page 174
Diverging conceptions about security and defence within the EU......Page 177
The marginalisation of CFSP......Page 178
Shared responsibilities between EU and NATO: the unresolved issue......Page 179
Notes......Page 180
References......Page 182
The rise of normative constraints on immigration laws......Page 183
Franco-German co-ordination despite divergence......Page 187
Conclusion......Page 189
References......Page 190
11 CONCLUSION......Page 192
Inter-sectoral variations in the Franco-German relationship......Page 193
Inter-sectoral variations in the influence of the Franco-German relationship......Page 196
German unification and the Franco-German relationship......Page 200
Conclusions......Page 203
Notes......Page 204
References......Page 206
INDEX......Page 208