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1.   European and German Unification – A Package Deal (1990)
The former president of the German Central Bank, Hans Tietmeyer, recalls how Chancellor Helmut Kohl sought to calm international....
2.   Constitutional Reservations against Maastricht Dismissed (November 3, 1993)
The Federal Constitutional Court dismissed the complaint against the Maastricht Treaty filed by four Green members of the European Parliament and Manfred Brunner, the former chairman of the FDP in....
3.   The Significance of European Integration (February 2, 1996)
In the following speech, Chancellor Helmut Kohl emphasized the important role that European integration would play in the 21st century. He referred to European....
4.   The Introduction of a Common Currency (May 7, 1998)
In this article from the left-liberal weekly Die Zeit, skeptical attitudes about the introduction of the Euro are tied to a general shift in public opinion with regard to European integration.....
5.   A Hard-Hitting European Defense? (December 28, 1999)
The wars in the former Yugoslavia called European defense capability into question. In the following article, Lothar Rühl, former undersecretary of state in the Federal Ministry of Defense, analyzes....
6.   European Federation (May 12, 2000)
In a speech that met with great acclaim both at home and abroad, Joschka Fischer discussed Europe’s future shape as a “staunch European and German parliamentarian”....
7.   Farewell to the Deutschmark (December 31, 2001)
With the introduction of the Euro, Berlin baker Jürgen Buhrmeister witnessed his fourth currency conversion: he had seen the German currency....
8.   Old and New Europe (February 2003)
U.S. Defense Minister Donald Rumsfeld’s distinction between “old Europe” (above all France and Germany) and “new Europe” (Southern, Central, and Eastern Europe)....
9.   Europe and the United States (May 31, 2003)
This manifesto by French philosopher Jacques Derrida and German sociologist and philosopher Jürgen Habermas had special significance in the European debate on....
10.   Hopes and Fears on the Eve of Eastern EU Expansion (April 26, 2004)
The author of this article emphasizes the historical significance that the Eastern expansion of the EU held for the cultural and political integration of Europe. He also explains, however, that experts....
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