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Cooperative Hegemon, Missing Engine or Improbable Core? Explaining French–German Influence in European Treaty Reform

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Leadership in the Big Bangs of European Integration

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While the influence of smaller or newer member states on European Union treaty reform has not always received sufficient attention, the impact of France and Germany, acting either separately or in concert, is the subject of substantial analysis in the literature. The largest and arguably most influential original members of the European Communities are therefore an obvious case to assess the influence of the member states during EU negotiations to revise the founding treaties.

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© 2006 Colette Mazzucelli, Ulrike Guérot and Almut Metz

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Mazzucelli, C., Guérot, U., Metz, A. (2006). Cooperative Hegemon, Missing Engine or Improbable Core? Explaining French–German Influence in European Treaty Reform. In: Beach, D., Mazzucelli, C. (eds) Leadership in the Big Bangs of European Integration. Palgrave Studies in European Union Politics. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230599642_9

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