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    Year 30: Germany's Second Chance
    Year 30: Germany's Second Chance
    Year 30: Germany's Second Chance
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    Year 30: Germany's Second Chance

    By Jürgen Habermas

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    'Thirty years after the seismic shift in world history of 1989-90 with the collapse of communism, the sudden eruption of life-changing events could be another watershed. This will be decided in the next few months-in Brussels and in Berlin too. ...' - Jürgen Habermas

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherSocial Europe Publishing
    Release dateOct 3, 2020
    ISBN9783948314149
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      Year 30 - Jürgen Habermas

      Year 30: Germany’s second chance

      Year 30: Germany’s second chance

      Merkel’s European policy change of course and the German unification process

      Jürgen Habermas

      The German version of this essay appeared in Blätter für deutsche und internationale Politik 9/2020.

      English translation by David Gow.

      ISBN 978-3-948314-14-9 (ebook)

      ISBN 978-3-948314-15-6 (paperback)

      Copyright © 2020 Jürgen Habermas

      Published by Social Europe Publishing and the Foundation for European Progressive Studies (FEPS).

      Berlin, Germany

      Brussels, Belgium

      All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any electronic or mechanical means, including information storage and retrieval systems, without written permission from the author, except for the use of brief quotations in a book review.

      Published with the financial support of the European Parliament. The views expressed in this report are solely those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the European Parliament.

      About Social Europe: The purpose of Social Europe (SE) is to help strengthen democratic practice by contributing to the public policy discussions addressing the most pressing political and economic issues of our time. We use the values of freedom, sustainability and equality as the foundation on which we examine issues in politics, economy and employment & labour.

      We are committed to publishing cutting-edge thinking and new ideas from the most thought-provoking people. Our in-depth analyses and constructive proposals seek to link policy-making to wider political and economic concerns. It is our goal to promote progressive and inclusive societies, sustainable economies and responsible businesses as well as dynamic civil societies.

      The Foundation for European Progressive Studies (FEPS) is the think tank of the social democratic political family at EU level. Its mission is to develop innovative research, policy advice, training and debates to inspire and inform progressive politics and policies across Europe. FEPS works in close partnership with its 68 members and partners, forging connections among stakeholders from the world of politics, academia and civil society at local, regional, national, European and global levels.

      Contents

      1. Introduction

      2. How German unity and European unification hang together

      3. The turning-point in German policy towards Europe

      4. AfD at the interface of the European/German unification process

      5. The shock of Erfurt is an all-German problem

      6. One frontline, two viewpoints

      7. Policy towards the past in the old federal republic

      8. The absence of the

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