German Europe

PrefaceIntroduction. Europe: To Be or Not to Be: The decision facing Germany.I How the euro crisis is both tearing Europe apart and uniting it1. How German austerity policies are dividing Europe - the governments are for it, the peoples areagainst2. The achievements of the European Union3. The blindness of economics4. European domestic politics: the national conceptof politics is outmoded5. The EU crisis is not a debt crisisII Europe's new power coordinates: the path to a German Europe1. Europe under threat and the crisis of politics2. The new landscape of European power3. 'Merkiavelli': hesitation as a means of coercionIII A social contract for Europe1. More freedom through more Europe2. More social security through more Europe3. More democracy through more Europe4. The question of power: who will enforce the social contract?5. A European spring?Notes