@article{2018:wimmel:parteiposi,
title = {Parteipositionen zur Vertiefung der Wirtschafts- und Währungsunion im 19. Deutschen Bundestag},
year = {2018},
note = {On 6 December 2017, the European Commission presented a roadmap to
develop the Economic and Monetary Union further, which includes the
establishment of a European Monetary Fund and the new post of a
European Minister of Economy and Finance. In the following months, the
initiative has been the subject of some controversial plenary debates
in the German Bundestag. This article analyses whether party positions
on the Commission’s proposal correspond more with general attitudes
towards European integration or with stances in (national) economic
and fiscal policy. The results illustrate that the positions are
almost completely in line with party economic policy guidelines while
the European integration dimension is secondary in the case of
conflict. Hence, a return to the pro-European consensus that has
characterised the German party system for decades cannot be expected
since ideological differences in the economic left-right dimension
will most likely remain an essential component of party competition.},
journal = {integration},
pages = {273--292},
author = {Wimmel, Andreas},
volume = {41},
number = {4}
}