The clash of Titans: France, Germany and the discursive double game of EMU reform

Journal of European Public Policy

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 1085-1101

  Crespy, Amandine ^a   Schmidt, Vivien ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

discourse; double game; Eurozone; France; Germany

Indexed keywords

EID: 84903443874     PISSN: 13501763     EISSN: 14664429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13501763.2014.914629     Document Type: Article

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