The democratic deficit and the Eurocorps: German, French and British interaction in the common foreign and security policy from 1990 to 1993

• Main Authors: Imson, Reyson L., Oliver, Emelou, Yee, Karisa
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Animo Repository 2005
• Subjects: European Union countries > Military policy; European Union countries > Defenses; European Union countries > Foreign relations; Asian Studies; International and Area Studies
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/etd_bachelors/7326
• Institution: De La Salle University

With the study of European Union's Common Foreign and Security Policy, we aim to establish the relationship of democratic deficit and the policy-making process of the European Union. This study looks at democratic deficit in terms of the limited access given to the people to effectively influence the policy making process. The validity of our data will rely on the past research done by the credible writers, gathered from the internet, journals, books, and articles. Basing this study on Robert Putnam's theory of two-level games, this paper will analyze data into three separate stages. First one is the Level I options which includes the proposals of the Commission. Second stage is Level II which takes into account the policies which are acceptable. It will be divided into two parts, those being deliberated in the national governments and those favored by the lobby groups, those that they are pushing for consideration and ratification. Third stage is the win-sets, which are policies that are acceptable for both the domestic and international players in the European Union which portrays cooperation. This stage will entail the proposals accepted by the two major players in the creation of the Eurocorps, namely France and Germany, using materials found on the internet like online journals and articles, and materials found in books. The failure of negotiations within Level II would result to subsequent failure of negotiations with Level I thus, effectively eliminating any win-sets or the possibility of international cooperation. Because of this, the policy makers in the European Union insulate themselves to minimize the influence of domestic pressure to make international cooperation possible, resulting to the so-called democratic deficit. From a different perspective, the democratic deficiency in the EU can be interpreted as an essential ingredient to ensure that international cooperation remains possible. The determinant of win-sets will be the establishment of cooperation by the international or domestic ties. This research will look at the perspective and cases of France and Germany in their response to the EUROCORPS proposals with relation to whether or not there are cooperation vis-Ã -vis win-sets. We are going to derive our winsets through vital events that shaped the Eurocorps from 1990 to 1993.