German europe; trans. by rodney livingstone

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Preface vii Acknowledgements x Introduction: Europe: To Be or Not to Be: The Decision Facing Germany 1 1 How the Euro Crisis is both Tearing Europe Apart and Uniting It 5 How German austerity policies are dividing Europe - the governments are for it, the peoples are against 5 The achievements of the European Union 10 The blindness of economics 13 European domestic politics: the national concept of politics is outmoded 15 The EU crisis is not a debt crisis 19 2 Europe's New Power Coordinates: The Path to a German Europe 22 Europe under threat and the crisis of politics 22 The new landscape of European power 39 'Merkiavelli': hesitation as a means of coercion 45 3 A Social Contract for Europe 66 More freedom through more Europe 68 More social security through more Europe 72 More democracy through more Europe 74 The question of power: who will enforce the social contract? 79 A European spring? 82 Notes 87