“French-German Relations and the EU at the Century’s End: The Economic Aspects”

Friend, Julius. (1999) “French-German Relations and the EU at the Century’s End: The Economic Aspects” . In European Union Studies Association (EUSA) > Biennial Conference > 1999 (6th), June 2-5, 1999, pages 18, Pittsburgh, PA.

Abstract

This examination of French-German economic relations is divided into three parts-the first will be a more or less chronological discussion of major issues or problems as they arose. The second will be a brief discussion of the present state of the two economies, in the light of French pessimism at the time of German unification, and the extrapolation made by some French writers that a Germany increased by one-third would rapidly become not only a third more populous but a third stronger, leaving France in the dust. Thirdly, I will attempt some analysis of the major issues which have in the past and will in the future divide the policies of the two nations.