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On an initiative of the IP-Journal of the German Council of Foreign Relations (DGAP), the Study Committee for Franco-German Relations (Cerfa) of the French Institute of International Relations (IFRI) and the Polish Institute of International Affairs (PISM) are regularly publishing short contributions on a common subject, written by three experts of these institutes. The purpose of these “Weimar Triangle Analyses” is to give the French, Polish and German views on central questions of European politics and European integration.

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In this edition, our Weimar Triangle authors (Yann-Sven Rittelmeyer, Almut Möller, Agata Gostyńska and Roderick Parkes) address the question of power in the European Union in response to an article by Josef Janning “State power within European Integration - On the limits and context of Germany's power in the Union” (DGAPanalyse kompakt 1, May 2013) available on the website of the DGAP: https://dgap.org/en/article/getFullPDF/23743.

These three contributions may be downloaded free of charge from this website as well as from the website of the DGAP:

https://ip-journal.dgap.org/en/blog/eye-europe/weimar-triangle-power-france (for the French point of view)

https://ip-journal.dgap.org/en/blog/eye-europe/weimar-triangle-power-germany (for the German point of view)

https://ip-journal.dgap.org/en/blog/eye-europe/weimar-triangle-power-poland (for the Polish point of view)

 

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The Study Committee on Franco-German Relations (Cerfa) was created in 1954 by an inter-governmental agreement between the Federal Republic of Germany and France, in order to raise awareness of Germany in France and analyze Franco-German relations, including in their European and international dimensions. In its conferences and seminars, which bring together experts, political leaders, senior decision-makers and representatives of civil society from both countries, Cerfa develops the Franco-German debate and stimulates political proposals. It regularly publishes studies through two collections: Cerfa notes and studies as well as Franco-German visions.

 

Cerfa maintains close relations with the network of German foundations and think tanks. In addition to its research and debate activities, Cerfa promotes the emergence of a new Franco-German generation through original cooperation programs. This is how in 2021-2022, Cerfa led a program on multilateralism with the Konrad Adenauer Foundation in Paris. This program is aimed at young professionals from both countries interested in the issues of multilateralism in the context of their activities. It covered a wide range of themes relating to multilateralism, such as international trade, health, human rights and migration, non-proliferation and disarmament. Previously, Cerfa had participated in the Franco-German future dialogue, co-led with the DGAP from 2007 to 2020, and supported by the Robert Bosch Foundation and the Daniel Vernet group (formerly the Franco-German Reflection Group) which was founded in 2014 upon the initiative of the Genshagen Foundation.

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