The European Financial Crisis and German Politics and Policy
This workshop analyses the impact of the Eurocrisis on both the domestic and international politics of the Federal Republic of Germany. As Europe’s richest state and the possessor of the continent’s most robust economy, Germany has been at the centre of attempts to bail out heavily indebted Euro states in the south and west. Whilst continually stressing their commitment both to the Euro and to deeper European integration, German politicians – and most certainly German electors – have none the less been reluctant to transfer the huge sums of money required to the mechanisms created to help bail out indebted national economies.