Carta del Mes de Mayo - 13 ª Edición del Diálogo Franco-Alemán de Otzenhausen

13th Franco-German Dialogue – Thinking Europe further

5th and 6th May 2011, European Academy Otzenhausen

Crisis of the Euro currency and nationalism in Europe: has the european integration lost it’s wind ?

Answers fom Germany, France and Poland

The European integration project has reached a decisive point. The EURO crisis does not only upset the monetary and fiscal foundations of the EU, it obviously also boosts a return to national perceptions and to backfield of national interests in those Member States that were previously regarded as guarantors of European unification.

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GFD 2011 - Opening speach

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GFD 2011 - Plenary

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GFD 2011 - Workshop

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At the same time, the voices of the EU-sceptics and opponents of monetary union become even louder. The crisis is hitting the EU in an already critical stage of it’s development : A few years after the eastward expansion, the actual crisis management is in conjunction with a general reorientation of politics in several EU Member States. Many of the expectations the Central and Eastern European countries put into the European project now dare to fade - this could have dangerous consequences.

GFD 2011 - discussion

The 13th Franco-German Dialogue has illuminated several aspects of this difficult situation, including not only the German and the French point of view, but notedly the prospect of a new EU member state. The role of Poland within Europe and it’s relevance as an actor in Euro-crisis management was an as important issue as the situation in some of the most sorely affected countries of southern Europe.