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This e-book examines the Franco-German courting within the ecu relating to diversified coverage sectors. It assesses the character and value of the connection for the coverage method.

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2 Guérin-Sendelbach (1993:27) quotes a source stating that the two foreign ministers in the early 1980s, Genscher and Cheysson, phoned each other around 1000 times— that is to say, almost once a day—over a period of three years. 3 For a brief overview of the interaction between different levels of the governments in Bonn and Paris, see Guérin-Sendelbach 1993:24–8. 4 In his later work, Moravcsik argues that, other things being equal, large member states are more influential than small ones because they are more indispensable to the formation of winning coalitions and economically more self-sufficient, so that they are less dependent on trade liberalisation and can afford to be ‘more discriminating’ about the terms of any agreement (Moravcsik 1993:500–3).

In Robert Picht, Hendrik Uterwedde and Wolfgang Wessels (eds), Motor für Europa? Deutsch-französischer Bilateralismus und europäische Integration. Bonn: Europa Union, 145– 57. Wessels, Wolfgang (1997) ‘An ever closer fusion? A dynamic macropolitical view on integration processes’, Journal of Common Market Studies 35:2, 267–99. Wood, Pia Christina (1995) ‘The Franco-German relationship in the post-Maastricht era’, in Carolyn Rhodes and Sonia Mazey (eds), The State of the European Union. Vol. 3: Building a European Polity?.

7 France challenges the DM Kohl recognised that French dissatisfaction with the ERM would have to be accommodated (Balkhausen 1992:71), and shared Genscher’s view that EU integration had to be accentuated as Europe’s security context changed. The Finance Ministry was unsure of the French proposal, but the most serious reservations were expressed by the Bundesbank. It feared isolation in the proposed bilateral Economic and Finance Council, where finance ministries would have the upper hand in view of the subordinate position of the Banque de France.

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