{"id":13052,"date":"2020-06-09T11:41:00","date_gmt":"2020-06-09T10:41:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/nato-and-csdp-party-and-public-positioning-in-germany-and-france\/"},"modified":"2026-01-15T09:29:33","modified_gmt":"2026-01-15T08:29:33","slug":"nato-and-csdp-party-and-public-positioning-in-germany-and-france","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/nato-and-csdp-party-and-public-positioning-in-germany-and-france\/","title":{"rendered":"NATO and CSDP: party and public positioning in Germany and France"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"eplus-wrapper\">\n<ul class='list_homepage'>\n<li>\nNDC Policy Brief 11-20: <a href='\/fr\/download\/downloads.php\/?icode=651' target='_blank' title=\"click to download (pdf)\">NATO and CSDP: party and public positioning in Germany and France<\/a>, by Konstantin Gavras, Thomas J. Scotto, Jason Reifler, Stephanie Hofmann, Catarina Thomson, Matthias Mader, Harald Schoen<a href=\"#_edn0\" name=\"_ednref0\" title=\"\" class=\"sup\" >*<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"eplus-wrapper\"><i>On the eve of NATO\u2019s 70th anniversary, French President Macron called NATO \u201cbrain dead\u201d while advocating for increased European defence capacity, possibly alongside NATO rather than through it. The German reaction was cold. Defence Minister Kramp-Karrenbauer responded: \u201cIf we reinforce Europe\u2019s defence, we have to reinforce the European presence within NATO\u201d.<a href=\"#_edn1\" name=\"_ednref1\" title=\"\" class=\"sup\" >1<\/a> Which path is the future of European security likely to take, and do elites and the public see these paths as mutually exclusive? <\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"eplus-wrapper\"><i>Considering domestic politics is essential when thinking about the future of European security and defence. Governments of differing political outlooks shape policy agendas. The political parties that form governments, in turn, are constrained by the preferences of voters who put them in power.<\/i>\n<\/p>\n<p><i> This Policy Brief summarizes German and French party positions towards NATO and European defence, and examines public opinion in both countries using survey data we collected in the fall of 2019.<\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"eplus-wrapper\">\n<hr>\n<div style=\"font-size: smaller; color: darkslategrey ; margin-top:-1em;\">\n<div>\n<div id=\"edn0\">\n        <sup>*<\/sup> <span class=\"np\"><a href=\"#_ednref0\" name=\"_edn0\" class=\"Subs\" >(back)<\/a><\/span> K. Gavras, M. Mader, and H. Schoen are with the University of Mannheim; T. Scotto is with the University of Glasgow; J. Reifler and C. Thomson are with the University of Exeter; S. Hofmann is with the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Geneva. This work is part of the SecEUrity project funded by the VW Foundation. <\/div>\n<div id=\"edn1\">\n  <br \/>\n        <sup>1<\/sup> <span class=\"np\"><a href=\"#_ednref1\" name=\"_edn1\" class=\"Subs\" >(back)<\/a><\/span> S. Johansson, \u201cNATO dismisses French president\u2019s call for \u2018strategic\u2019<br \/>\nnuclear dialogue\u201d, <em>The Brussels Times<\/em>, 17 February 2020.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<hr>\n<p class=\"eplus-wrapper\"><a href='\/fr\/download\/downloads.php\/?icode=651' target='_blank' title=\"click to download (pdf)\"><br \/>\nDownload the publication<\/a> to keep reading.<\/p>\n<p class=\"eplus-wrapper\"><span class='np'><a href='\/fr\/research\/research.php\/?icode=6' target='_blank'>More Research Division Publications&#8230;<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>NDC Public Affairs Office<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NDC Policy Brief 11-20: NATO and CSDP: party and public positioning in Germany and France, by Konstantin Gavras,<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_eb_attr":"","_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","advgb_blocks_editor_width":"","advgb_blocks_columns_visual_guide":"","editor_plus_copied_stylings":"{}","_EventAllDay":false,"_EventTimezone":"","_EventStartDate":"","_EventEndDate":"","_EventStartDateUTC":"","_EventEndDateUTC":"","_EventShowMap":false,"_EventShowMapLink":false,"_EventURL":"","_EventCost":"","_EventCostDescription":"","_EventCurrencySymbol":"","_EventCurrencyCode":"","_EventCurrencyPosition":"","_EventDateTimeSeparator":"","_EventTimeRangeSeparator":"","_EventOrganizerID":[],"_EventVenueID":[],"_OrganizerEmail":"","_OrganizerPhone":"","_OrganizerWebsite":"","_VenueAddress":"","_VenueCity":"","_VenueCountry":"","_VenueProvince":"","_VenueState":"","_VenueZip":"","_VenuePhone":"","_VenueURL":"","_VenueStateProvince":"","_VenueLat":"","_VenueLng":"","_VenueShowMap":false,"_VenueShowMapLink":false,"_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"post_badge":[],"class_list":["post-13052","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"featured_image_src":null,"author_info":{"display_name":"NDC","author_link":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/author\/admin_3rwqf6tj\/"},"modified_by":null,"author_meta":{"display_name":"NDC","author_link":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/author\/admin_3rwqf6tj\/"},"featured_img":null,"featured_image_urls":{"full":"","thumbnail":"","medium":"","medium_large":"","large":"","1536x1536":"","2048x2048":"","trp-custom-language-flag":"","morenews-featured":"","morenews-large":"","morenews-medium":""},"category_info":"<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/category\/news\/\" rel=\"category tag\">News<\/a>","tag_info":"News","comment_count":0,"coauthors":[],"tax_additional":{"categories":{"linked":["<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/category\/news\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">News<\/a>"],"unlinked":["<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">News<\/span>"]}},"relative_dates":{"created":"Publi\u00e9 6 ans il y a","modified":"Mis \u00e0 jour 6 mois il y a"},"absolute_dates":{"created":"Publi\u00e9 le juin 9, 2020","modified":"Mise \u00e0 jour le janvier 15, 2026"},"absolute_dates_time":{"created":"Publi\u00e9 le juin 9, 2020 11:41","modified":"Mise \u00e0 jour le janvier 15, 2026 09:29"},"featured_img_caption":"","series_order":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13052","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13052"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13052\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13052"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13052"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13052"},{"taxonomy":"post_badge","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/post_badge?post=13052"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}