Germany and EU Foreign Policy

This study assesses the influence of German policy makers on EU policy and the impact of EU membership on foreign policy making at the national level.

Germany has played a leading role in the development of the Common Foreign and Security Policy of the European Union. This study assesses the influence of German policy makers on EU policy and the impact of EU membership on foreign policy making at the national level. The book concludes that limitations remain on the Europeanization of German foreign and security policy and Germany’s ability to play a leading role in military crisis management.

ALISTER MISKIMMON is Lecturer in International Relations at Royal Holloway, University of London.

Introduction * The History of Germany’s Involvement in European Community Foreign Policy * Forging the Common Foreign and Security Policy in the Early 1990s * Negotiating the Amsterdam Treaty * The Kosovo War and its Impact on German Foreign and Security Policy * Still a ‘Reluctant Power’? German Foreign and Security Policy in the 21st Century * Conclusion