Das europapolitische Erbe Angela Merkels: Krisen, Führung, Vorbild

In view of numerous contributions, and especially on the occasion of Angela Merkel’s last participation in a meeting of the European Council in October 2021, this contribution analyzes the work and effects of the former Chancellor on European politics. We shed light on the major political challenges...

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Published inIntegration (Bonn, Germany) Vol. 45; no. 1; pp. 3 - 19
Main Authors Schramm, Lucas, Wessels, Wolfgang
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published 2022
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Summary:In view of numerous contributions, and especially on the occasion of Angela Merkel’s last participation in a meeting of the European Council in October 2021, this contribution analyzes the work and effects of the former Chancellor on European politics. We shed light on the major political challenges and changes of the Merkel era (2005-2021) and critically explain Germany’s role in the numerous crises in the European Union. With a view to Merkel’s actions, we put the forms, possibilities, and limits of German leadership in Europe up for discussion. Doing so, we see Merkel both as a political entrepreneur and as driven by functional constraints and logics. In this respect, Merkel stands in the tradition of Jean Monnet, who viewed European integration as a crisis-driven process of limited but powerful and effective steps towards “more” Europe.
ISSN:0720-5120
DOI:10.5771/0720-5120-2022-1-3