France, Germany and Britain: Partners in a Changing World explores the relationship, and the potential for closer cooperation, which exist between France, Germany and Britain as they enter the new millennium. It focuses on a wide range of domains in which the three partner countries interact - including financial and monetary integration, economic and industrial cooperation, politics, security and defence, business and corporate governance, and education. Given the change in government which each of these countries underwent in 1997-1998, given too the apparent willingness of New Labour to assume a more central role on the European stage, the time is ripe to reassess the relationship between France, Germany and Britain as we enter the twenty-first century.

List of Tables List of Figures Acknowledgements List of Abbreviations Notes on the Contributors Introduction: France, Germany and Britain: Partners in a Changing World?; M.Maclean & J.M.Trouille PART I: MONETARY AND FINANCIAL INTEGRATION France, Germany and the Eurozone: From 'Motor' of EMU to Living in a ECB-Centric Eurozone; K.Dyson The Frankfurt Börse, the Paris Bourse and the City: Competition and Cooperation within a Unifying EU Financial Market; C.Flockton PART II: BUSINESS AND THE ECONOMY: CONVERGENCE OR DIVERGENCE? Corporate Governance and Management Cultures in France, Germany and Britain: Convergence or Conflict?; M.Maclean The Franco-German Economic and Industrial Partnership: A Model for Europe?; J.M.Trouille Foreign Direct Investment and the Diversity of Socio-Economic Systems in Europe: France, Germany and Britain Compared; R.Lallement French and German Competitiveness Strategies from the Perspective of European Integration and the Global Economy; D.Schwarzer & H.Uterwedde PART III: POLITICS AND FOREIGN AFFAIRS: TOWARDS A TRIANGULAR AXIS? Willy Brandt's' New Ostpolitik ' as an Example of the 'GDR Factor' in Franco-German Relations; U.Pfeil Structures and Plans for European Defence: The Yugoslavian Ordeal; D.David PART IV: CULTURAL INTERRELATIONSHIPS: EDUCATION AND THE MEDIA Franco-German University Cooperation: The Position Today and Prospects within a European Higher Educational System; W.Zettelmeier The 1998 Federal German Elections in the British and French Press- Plus ça Change ; J.Theobald Conclusion: Britain and the Franco-German Axis: Two plus One or Three Together?; J.M.Trouille & M.Maclean Afterword; P.Vlieland Index