Germany and Europe
Since the foundation of the Federal Republic of Germany Germany"s striving for European integration is a constitutive element of Germany"s reasons of state. The partial shift of state sovereignty from the national to the European level contributed substantially to achieving and sustaining peace and prosperity as well as regaining international acceptance and sovereignty of Germany in international politics. Moreover, the embedding into the European context helped in reducing reservations of international partners vis-Ã -vis Germany that from the fifties onwards increased its centrality in European politics and that was finally re-united in 1990.
Due to the immediate neighbourhood to the Central and Eastern European countries (CEEC), the dependence of German industry on trade export, the traditional embedding into the European structures which is also a consequence of German history and because of Germany"s historical and moral obligation towards the Central and Eastern European countries, the deepening and widening of the European Union was and remains a key interest of German foreign policy.
Given the size of its population, its economic potential and its central geographic location Germany is of major importance for any further development of the process of European integration.
On this background, Germany"s European policy and Germany"s role in Europe are a major field of research of the IEP. Related research projects, publications and activities deal with the following aspects:
- historical background and conditions of German European policy;
- basic understandings and key concepts of European policy as seen from Germany and other EU member states;
- the constitutional framework conditions of German European policy;
- German federalism and European integration;
- the external framework conditions of German European policy;
- interests, strategies and prospects of German European policy in selected policy areas;
- Germany"s Council Presidencies in the EC/EU;
- long-term trends and the question of continuity and change of Germany"s European policy;
- perceptions of Germany"s European policy from the point of view of partner countries.
aktuelle Projekte:
Jahrbuch der Europäischen Integration
Das Jahrbuch der Europäischen Integration des Instituts für Europäische Politik (Berlin) dokumentiert und bilanziert seit 1980 zeitnah und detailliert den europäischen Integrationsprozess. Entstanden ist in 29 Jahren eine einzigartige Dokumentation der europäischen Zeitgeschichte.
Vierteljahreszeitschrift integration
Die Vierteljahreszeitschrift integration richtet sich an alle, die sich in Wissenschaft, Bildung, Politik, Administration und in den Medien mit europäischen Fragen beschäftigen. Sie ist ein theoriegeleitetes und politikbezogenes interdisziplinäres Forum zu Grundsatzfragen der europäischen Integration. Aktuelle Probleme der Europapolitik werden aus politischer und akademischer Perspektive diskutiert.
Europa von A bis Z
Europa von A bis Z ist Europa zum Nachschlagen:
In über 70 Sachbeiträgen erklären renommierte Europaexperten wissenschaftlich fundiert und zugleich verständlich alle wichtigen Themen und Begriffe aus Politik, Wirtschaft und Geschichte der europäischen Einigung. Es wendet sich an alle Europa-Interessierten, die sich gezielt und zuverlässig über den neuesten Stand in europapolitischen Fragen informieren wollen.
