Summer 2024 Issue: The Fractured Relationship

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German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and French President Emmanuel Macron walk through the garden of the German government guest house Meseberg Palace to the Franco-German Ministerial Council in Meseberg, north of Berlin, Germany, Tuesday, May 28, 2024.
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German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and French President Emmanuel Macron walk through the garden of the German government guest house Meseberg Palace to the Franco-German Ministerial Council in Meseberg, north of Berlin, Germany, Tuesday, May 28, 2024. © Ebrahim Noroozi/Pool via REUTERS
IPQ 3/2024

The 16th issue of INTERNATIONALE POLITIK QUARTERLY focuses on the Franco-German relationship.

Editorial

Henning Hoff

The Fractured Relationship

If France’s parliament is now conquered by the far right or becomes deadlocked, Franco-German relations are likely to become even more frayed.

What Europe Thinks ...

Cover Section

Ludovic Subran

Industrial Policy: A Franco-German Consensus

To ensure the most effective industrial policy in the EU, Paris and Berlin should push for policies that build on their strengths and help Europe leap forward instead of always chasing the United States and China.

Berlin Cable

Henning Hoff

Germany’s Toxic Far Right

Scandals have only dented, but not eroded support for Germany’s far-right Alternative für Deutschland. The case for banning it is getting stronger.

Pariscope

Joseph de Weck

Macron’s Waterloo?

For France, the French president’s snap elections gamble is risky. From a European perspective, running that risk now is irresponsible.

Carbon Critical

Emily Hardy
Dan Helmeci
Katrine Westgaard

“Don’t Buy Greenland, Buy Its Minerals”

In the green resource race, the United States and the EU should look to the big island in the North Atlantic and forge a common approach, providing expertise and facilitating the needed investments.

Brussels Briefing

Indo-Pacific Watch

The Wider View

Quarterly Concerns

Dave Keating

The Center Holds and the Horse-Trading Begins

The far right won’t play kingmaker when it comes to deciding on whether von der Leyen is reappointed as European Commission president, but they are still a stronger force in the new European Parliament.