The Handbuch is a solid foundation for all those who deal with German European policy in academic, political and practical terms. Renowned authors analyse the background and concepts of German European policy and its domestic political determinants in central policy areas of the EU. They show that European policy is of particular value and benefit to both Germany's political and economic reality. At the same time, Germany has an influential position in shaping European integration and in EU decision-making processes.
The 3rd, revised and updated edition was published in September 2024 under the new name ‘Deutsche Europapolitik. Handbuch für Wissenschaft und Praxis’ and in a new guise as part of the Nomos Verlag handbook series. The new edition deals with developments in German European policy under the so-called traffic light coalition, which is governing at federal level for the first time, and after the ‘Zeitenwende’ following the Russian war of aggression against Ukraine. For the first time, it includes a chapter on the concept of feminist foreign policy and climate adaptation policy. New is also the addition of the energy policy to the environmental chapter. A comprehensive chronology traces German European policy from 1946 to the present day. The Handbuch is accompanied by a foreword by the Minister of State for Europe and Climate, Dr Anna Lührmann.
The new edition is available in print and as an e-book.
The book was first published as ‘Handbuch zur deutschen Europapolitik’ in 2016 by Nomos Verlag and in 2017 in the publication series of Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung (bpb).
The 2nd edition was published by Nomos Verlag in 2020 and by the bpb in 2021.
The handbook is funded by the Federal Foreign Office. The editors are based at the Institute for European Politics, which is funded by the EU's CERV programme 2021–2027.
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