TY - BOOK AU - Müller-Brandeck-Bocquet,Gisela TI - Germany and the European Union: How Chancellor Angela Merkel Shaped Europe T2 - Contributions to Political Science, SN - 9783031106279 U1 - 320.94 23 PY - 2022/// CY - Cham PB - Springer International Publishing, Imprint: Springer KW - Europe-Politics and government KW - Political leadership KW - International relations KW - World politics KW - Europe-Economic integration KW - European Politics KW - Political Leadership KW - Foreign Policy KW - Political History KW - European Economic Integration N1 - Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. Angela Merkel as Europe's New Hope? -- Chapter 3. Germany and the Lisbon Treaty -- Chapter 4. Germany's Role in the Euro Crisis: Europe's Disciplinarian or Indispensable Leader? -- Chapter 5. The Merkel Governments and Access Policies: Immigration, Visa and Asylum Policies -- Chapter 6. EU Enlargement Policy in the Merkel Era -- Chapter 7. Germany's contribution to EU foreign and security policy -- Chapter 8. EU climate protection policy and Germany's ambivalent role -- Chapter 9. Increasingly Limited Scope for German European Policy: Parliament and Federal Constitutional Court -- Chapter 10. Angela Merkel's Taboo Breaking: The Corona Reconstruction Fund -- Chapter 11. German European Policy in the Merkel Era: An Attempt to Take Stock N2 - This book aims to present a coherent picture of Germany's European policy during Merkel's chancellorship. At the same time, it traces the development of the EU in the period 2005-2021. Accordingly, the European crises and the internal and external threats to the integration community are addressed, as well as the jointly developed solutions. Thus, on the one hand, the book shows what Germany was willing to do for Europe; on the other, it reveals how the EU was able to develop further as the most important point of reference for German politics and power. The Author Prof. Gisela Müller-Brandeck-Bocquet holds Jean Monnet Chair for European Studies and International Relations at the University of Würzburg UR - https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-10627-9 ER -