Europe in the German federal elections: What do the manifestos say?

This feature compares the positions of the major political parties in the September 2017 federal German elections on the four core EU policy domains: common security and defence, migration, financial, and trade policy.

• Primary Source

Blog: LSE EuroppBlog, 07.09.17: Germany’s election: Behind consensus politics lie conflicting ideas of Europe http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/europpblog/2017/09/07/germanys-election-behind-consensus-politics-lie-conflicting-ideas-of-europe/

Carnegie Europe: Strategic Europe, 21.08.17: The Misery of Germany’s Election Campaign http://carnegieeurope.eu/strategiceurope/72865?lang=en

ESO: Background information: Germany votes: European dilemmas in the Federal Election http://www.europeansources.info/record/germany-votes-european-dilemmas-in-the-federal-election-the-end-of-angst-germany-is-ready-to-lead-in-europe/

ESO: Key Source: German federal election, 2017 http://www.europeansources.info/record/german-federal-election-2017/

ECFR: Article, 18.09.17: Europe in the German Elections (Video Explainer) http://www.ecfr.eu/article/europe_in_the_german_elections

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