What can the EU expect from the German federal election?

The future of many EU policies largely depends on the outcome of the German election in September 2017. Indeed, the potential end of the grand coalition, made up of the Christian Democratic Union and the Social Democrats, could alter the position of Berlin on several EU-related issues.

VoteWatch Europe assessed the policy impact of the various potential governing coalitions, looking into how the coming to power of a new coalition would shift Berlin's positions on issues such as the governance of the Eurozone, EU's trade and taxation policy, as well as foreign and defense policy. To do so, we looked at how German politicians from all parties actually behave when influencing EU decisions.

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

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