1. Deutsche Parteien in der Euro-Krise: Das Ende des Konsensprinzips?
- Author
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Wimmel, Andreas
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FINANCIAL crises , *FINANCIAL bailouts , *INTERNATIONAL economic assistance , *HISTORY , *TWENTY-first century , *INTERNATIONAL economic relations , *INTERNATIONAL relations ,GERMAN economic policy ,ECONOMIC conditions in Greece ,EUROPEAN economic integration ,ECONOMIC conditions in Europe - Abstract
The Euro crisis and the political measures to solve it have generated new cleavages towards European politics in Germany. Never before in the history of European integration have the parties in parliament been so divided regarding such an important issue. The article compares the situation interpretations, problem diagnosis and resolution strategies of the government and opposition parties in the German Bundestag from the first decisions on the rescue package for Greece up to the parliamentary voting on the extension of the EFSF bailout fund in the Bundestag on 29 September 2011. The results confirm the persistence of the pro-European basic consensus in the German party system but exemplify that the proposals on how to combat the financial crisis diverge significantly between the political camps. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Published
- 2012