Questioned (wrongly) “Spanish cucumbers”, abstention to the Security Council during the vote deciding on an intervention in Libya, on abandonment sometimes considered “one-sided” of the nuclear power, the deep internal debates on the assistant to the countries of the Eurozone …

So many recent events, of very different nature, that remind us all the interest of an analysis detailed and opened by the evolution of this major country of the European Union.

A few months ago, Notre Europe has turned to a series of experts who examine the changes that have taken place in Germany’s European policy. This study explain to us what are the current driving actors and forces in Germany and if this country can really be considered more inward-looking than it used to be. Is this a long-term trend? Contributions which make perfectly echo for the current political context.

This study published in July 2010 was directed by Renaud Dehousse and Elvire Fabry.