Germany and the Migration Crisis in the European Union in the Years 2011-2016

• Authors: Węc Janusz Józef
• Languages of publication: PL EN

Abstracts

EN

The aim of this research paper is to evaluate the position of Germany, including the federal government and the parliamentary opposition, as regards the migration crisis in the European Union in the years 2011‑2016. The first part of the article presents the course of the migration crisis in the presented time period. The second part discusses the evolution of the position of the governing coalition and the parliamentary opposition in Germany towards the first phase of the crisis in the years 2011‑2014. The third part has been dedicated to analysing the position of the federal government and the parliamentary opposition towards the second phase of the crisis in the years 2015‑2016. The fourth part presentsthe influence of the German government on the reform of the immigration and asylum policies, as well as the dynamics of the migration crisis in the European Union in the years 2015‑2016.The author formulates a research hypothesis that the federal government did not control the migration crisis in the European Union but rather acted impulsively, thereby contributing to its deepening.

Keywords

EN

migration crisis; European Union; Lisbon Treaty; European Council; Council of the European Union; European Commission; European Parliament; German government; CDU/CSU; SPD; FDP; Bündnis 90/Die Grünen; Linke; Germany’s position on the migration crisis

• Publisher: Księgarnia Akademicka
• Journal: Politeja : Pismo Wydziału Studiów Miedzynarodowych i Politycznych Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego
• Year: 2017
• Issue: 49
• Pages: 273-309

Contributors

author

Węc Janusz Józef

Identifiers

DOI

10.12797/Politeja.14.2017.49.15