Germany and the European Union How Chancellor Angela Merkel Shaped Europe

“Practitioners and scholars alike will find great use in the detailed tracing of the decision-making processes on the EU level in navigating the poly-crisis. … Müller-Brandeck-Bocquet’s book expertly examines and demonstrates that despite the growing pragmatism in Germany’s EU policy, the successive Merkel governments adhered to the German raison d’état to make a continuous and substantial contribution to European unification.” (Niklas Helwig, German Politics, March 7, 2023)