Current problems of Europe

European-Atlantic dimension in the work of German political foundations and its role for the EU political integration

Ренверт Н.

Renvert Nicole – Researcher, Science and Politics Foundation in Berlin

Abstract

In article has been analyzed the activity of German political foundations which are the important actors of German foreign policy. The author estimates their contribution to processes of political integration of the EU. The basic emphasis is made on research of the pan-European and transatlantic activity of the funds, possibilities of their transformation in transatlantic (pan- European) actors. Author shows how these funds adapt to the new conditions connected with deepening of political integration, and what place is occupied with their work at the pan-European level.

Keywords

European Union, intensification of political integration, German political foundations, transatlantic cooperation.

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