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1 Timm Beichelt Germany in Europe: The Europeanization of German Politics MA Seminar, Winter Semester 2008/09 Session: Political Parties

2 Seminar schedule Accession test Intermediary institutions I: Interest Groups Introduction, planning Intermediary institutions II: political parties No session 8.1. Political institutions I: Government Culture I: Germany s long road to the West Theory I: The European Policy Cycle Theory II: Dimensions of Europeanization Culture II: The Germans view on the nation Culture III: The Germans view on Europe Political institutions II: Parliamentarianism and Bundestag Political institutions III: Federalism and Bundesrat Excursion to Berlin (Foreign Ministry, Bundestag) 5.2. Europeanization and Democracy Presentation of term paper projects

3 Student presentations Accession test Intermediary institutions I: group interaction Introduction, planning Intermediary institutions II: Timm Beichelt No session 8.1. Political institutions I: Timm Beichelt Culture I: Germany s long road to the West Theory I: The European Policy Cycle Theory II: Dimensions of Europeanization Political institutions II: group discussion Political institutions III: Nathan Droesch Excursion to Berlin (Foreign Ministry, Bundestag) Culture II: group discussion 5.2. Europeanization and Democracy: Frances Hill Culture III: Tiago Brandt Presentation of term paper projects

4 Thought Paper topics Culture II: The Germans view on the nation Thought Paper Topic IV: The film Der Baader-Meinhof-Komplex what does it tell us about contemporary conceptions of the German nation? Culture III: The Germans view on Europe Thought Paper Topic V: Critically examine the official positions of German political parties concerning Europe what do they tell us about the German parties views on the EU and European integration? Intermediary institutions II: political parties Thought Paper Topic VI: Party opposition to the Lisbon Treaty comes from the Radical Left as well as the Radical Right. Discuss the coincidence that critique of European integration is articulated only on the extreme edges of the German party system Political institutions I: government Thought Paper Topic VII: In the political system of the EU, the Council acts as a major legislative body. As a result, many laws are in fact both designed and decided by the executive. Discuss the normative implications of this development Political institutions II: Parliamentarism and Bundestag Thought Paper Topic VIII: National parliaments are said to have lost much institutional weight during the course Europeanization. Discuss the hypothesis with a special focus on the character of decision-making in European politics.

5 Structure of the Session I. Introduction: the party dimension of interest representation II. Parties in the European Polity a. Dimension 1: Party competition b. Dimension 2: political programs III. The German Case

6 The party dimension of interest representation Territorial representation Dimensions of analysis: party organization (elites/members) party programs (cleavages) comparison among cases (party families) - Parties and party systems - Parties and the state - Electoral systems

7 Policy Cycle and location of party politics

8 Parties in the European Polity A2 European Commission Voters with demands and expectations; political parties with political goals National Parliaments A1 B A1 National Governments A2 A/B Council of Ministers A EU decisions European Parliament B

9 The German Case 1: Party competition Stimmenanteil Regierungsparteien bei BT- Wahlen Betroffene Regierungskoalition im Bund EP-Wahl Stimmenanteil deutscher Regierungsparteien bei EP- Wahlen Abweichung 50.5 (1976) SPD/FDP (1983) CDU/CSU/FDP (1987) CDU/CSU/FDP (1990) CDU/CSU/FDP (1998) SPD/B90-Grüne (2002) SPD/B90-Grüne download am

10 The German Case 2: Political programs Party position on EU-relevant policies * Exception: PDS/Linkspartei. OMC Agreement between all mainstream parties Clear Differences between one or several mainstream parties Labor market policy Education policy Social policy Economic policy Unanimity CFSP* Security policy (ESDP) QMV Economic and financial policy* Agricultural policy QMV + EP Constitutional Affairs Justice and home affairs Cultural policy Environmental policy Lisbon-Treaty* Single market Structural policy Consumer protection policy Enlargement policy / Turkey

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