ABSTRACT
This chapter addresses the kind of Europeanization that occurred in the 1980s via bilateral cooperation among the three sides of the European security triangle. The Franco-German relationship in security matters has been limited from the outset by several critical aspects of the German approach to security. The experience of the 1980s highlights several ways in which the cooperative process needs to be enhanced if Europeanization is to proceed in the 1990s. Anglo-German cooperation in the armament sector has taken place at various levels. Dialogue has occurred on a regular basis and was in no way inferior to that of French-German cooperation. The Franco-German relationship has a much more important symbolic role in French security policy than it does in German security policy. Economic cooperation has increasingly been accompanied by European Political Cooperation, a process which has enabled the members of the Community to establish a common position and launch initiatives even on such divisive issues as the Middle East.
