The European community and German unification

Bibliographic Data

ID7785347
AuthorsDavid Spence (0000-0002-8602-6118, European Commission, corresponding author)
Year1992
Volume1
Issue3
Pages136-163
Publication date1992-12-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueGerman Politics (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0964-4008 • E-ISSN: 1743-8993
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/09644009208404306
OpenAlexW2067236798
LanguageEN
Citations received4
References cited3

This article provides an account of the issues posed for the European Community by German unification. It looks briefly at some of the political concerns of member states, especially France and Britain, about the implications of an enlarged Germany for the Community and the overall balance of power in a wider Europe. It then focuses on how the institutions of the EC responded to German unification, specifically the role of the Commission in initiating and managing the process of integration. Particular emphasis is placed on the formulation by the Commis sion of a package of proposals designed to secure the integration of the former GDR into the Community and on the negotiations which took place between Commission, Council and Parliament on the basis of these proposals, and which were completed by December 1990

Balance (ability · Business · Commission · European commission · European community · European union · German · International trade · Negotiation · Parliament · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Power (physics · Sociology · Unification · Computer Science · European history and politics · European Union Policy and Governance · Historical Geopolitical and Social Dynamics · History · Law · Public Administration

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