ABSTRACT
The theme of this research has been the involvement of German political forces in the European Community policy process. The underlying argument has been that the Council of Ministers represents the apex of ten national policy processes. Many works on the politics of the European Community fail to examine the ‘domestic politics’ dimension sufficiently despite making reference to the Council of Ministers as the hub of decision-making authority. Although there is a clear limit to the amount of space which a book on EC politics can devote to the domestic politics dimension in ten member states, there seems nonetheless to be inadequate coverage of the vital domestic inputs into Community decisions.
