JEIH Journal of European Integration History

This paper explores Kosovo’s quest for international recognition and integration following its declaration of independence on 17 February 2008. A significant aspect of this journey has been Kosovo’s pursuit of membership in international...

This article aims to shed new light on the role of the European People’s Party (EPP) in the European revival of the early 1980s, which culminated in the Single European Act (1986), the first global reform of the Treaties of Rome (1957). Despite...

This article examines the significance of the Polish case during the Cold War within the strategic agenda of the European People’s Party (EPP) by reconstructing the geopolitical dimensions of human rights discourse. It highlights how the rise of...

This article sheds light on the West German project for the EEC and on the specific contribution of German political and economic culture to the European compromise. Drawing on a transnational comparative perspective, it highlights the continuity...

Wolfgang Schäuble’s memoirs are a first-rate historical source for German European policy, which he helped to shape as Chairman of the CDU/CSU parliamentary group in the Bundestag from 1991 to 2000 and as Finance Minister from 2009 to 2017. They...

This paper examines the history of civil nuclear cooperation between Germany and the United States from 1958 to 1963. Following its reestablishment as a sovereign state in 1955, Germany aimed to adopt nuclear technology from the US. However, this...