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From One Electoral Campaign to Another: Franco-German Relations in Turbulent Times
From One Electoral Campaign to Another: Franco-German Relations in Turbulent Times

Author(s): Yann-Sven Rittelmeyer
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences
Published by: PISM Polski Instytut Spraw Międzynarodowych
Keywords: Germany; France

Summary/Abstract: Due not only to its importance but also to the place it leaves to symbolic politics, the Franco-German relationship is often described through emotions and in a Manichaean way, alternating between a description of two close friends and a nearly divorced couple. What is the current state of the Franco-German relationship regarding its old history and what are the new factors determining it? To what extent has the window of opportunity constituted by the Élysée Treaty been affected by the national and European contexts? What are its perspectives?

  • Issue Year: 22/2013
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 45-61
  • Page Count: 17
  • Language: English