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Der Band untersucht die polnische EU-Ratspräsidentschaft im Rahmen der Änderungen durch den Vertrag von Lissabon. Er umfasst Themen wie die Östliche Partnerschaft, Energie- und Klimapolitik, die Gemeinsame Außen- und Sicherheitspolitik, den EU-Erweiterungsprozess und die Aushandlung des mehrjährigen Finanzrahmens 2014-2020. Die Autoren sind polnische und deutsche Experten. Reihe German and European Studies of the Willy Brandt Center at the Wroclaw University - Band 1.

Der Band untersucht die polnische EU-Ratspräsidentschaft im Rahmen der Änderungen durch den Vertrag von Lissabon. Er umfasst Themen wie die Östliche Partnerschaft, Energie- und Klimapolitik, die Gemeinsame Außen- und Sicherheitspolitik, den EU-Erweiterungsprozess und die Aushandlung des mehrjährigen Finanzrahmens 2014-2020. Die Autoren sind polnische und deutsche Experten. Reihe German and European Studies of the Willy Brandt Center at the Wroclaw University - Band 1.

Germany's role in Europe and the world is changing fundamentally. For about five decades West Germany's and reunited Germany's position was very much aligned with the European integration project.Despite its hegemonic potential, Germany defined its role as a partner of the other EU member states. Within the EU framework and globally, it mostly acted jointly with European partners, particularly France. Although Germany's situation altered significantly after unification, it still refrained from exercising its increased power and was rather seeking the role of a "gentle giant." This was largely the case despite some exceptions, such as the unilateral recognition of Croatian and Slovenian independence in the early 1990s, and criticism that Germany might tend to single-handed foreign policy—the "Alleingang."

AbstractWhat impact has the Russia–Ukraine crisis had on the EU as a foreign policy actor? Most studies examine how the EU has evolved as an actor over time of its own initiative, but tend to discount the role that the external context or structure of the international system might play in constraining or enabling the EU's exercise of power. This Special Issue seeks to understand the EU's influence in the world through recognizing its embeddedness in an unpredictable and uncertain international system. Specifically, we ask whether and to what extent the Russia–Ukraine crisis serves as a critical juncture and catalyst for shaping the EU's power.

AbstractThe article presents conclusions of this Special Issue. It first summarizes the empirical findings of the individual contributions to this Special Issue in terms of whether EU power was enabled or constrained in response to the crisis. Second, the article synthesizes these findings to advance some overarching arguments about the EU as an actor in this crisis, and the types of power that were evident in this case. Third, it examines the significance of the study overall, and highlights some key policy implications. Finally, the article takes a broader perspective, and suggests that this framework is valuable more generally for understanding how various crises might impact the EU as a foreign policy actor.

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The future of the EU as a laboratory of a transnational community of nations within an increasingly split global community of actors could become ever more relevant, the more the global future of democracy needs transnational cooperation among differently structured democracies. Yet the reality on the ground is complex in the heartland of the respective experimentation as well. Against this backdrop, the article deals with deepening and differentiation of European integration through the prism of two cases: Germany and Poland. While the former is the most populous among fully integrated EU member states, the latter is by now the biggest partially integrated member state having not yet joined the Eurozone, nor showing any inclination to do so in the future. These countries differ in many respects, to name just the Eurozone, defense matters, rule of law, and migration. And yet, in the eyes of some observers, close German-Polish cooperation is just as essential for the future of Europe as the Franco-German partnership. In this sense, the comparison of Poland and Germany promises to unveil problématiques typical for the entire EU, in particular with regard to differentiated integration.