Simon Bulmer is Professor of European Politics at the University of Sheffield Charlie Jeffery is Professor of Politics at the University of Edinburgh

• Introduction - understanding Germany's European diplomacy; the institutional base for European policy-making; relations with partners; the 1996/97 intergovernmental conference; economic and monetary union; eastern enlargement.

Simon Bulmer is Professor of European Politics at the University of Sheffield Charlie Jeffery is Professor of Politics at the University of Edinburgh

• Introduction - understanding Germany's European diplomacy; the institutional base for European policy-making; relations with partners; the 1996/97 intergovernmental conference; economic and monetary union; eastern enlargement.

Simon Bulmer is Professor of European Politics at the University of Sheffield Charlie Jeffery is Professor of Politics at the University of Edinburgh

• Introduction - understanding Germany's European diplomacy; the institutional base for European policy-making; relations with partners; the 1996/97 intergovernmental conference; economic and monetary union; eastern enlargement.