Nemački hegemonizam u Evropskoj uniji: mit ili stvarnost
German hegemonism in European Union: myth or reality

Summary/Abstract: The Federal Republic of Germany is one of the pillars of the modern European Union. As the most populous country in the EU with 82 million inhabitants whose economy is on the pedestal among the European economies, its impact on the functioning of the European mechanism in times loaded with the various crises crushing the Union, is, unavoidably, extremely great. The increasing power of Germany, as a consequence of its economic power, has influenced many Europeans to begin to perceive Germany again as a potential European hegemon.The main task of this paper is to determine whether the claims about the alleged German hegemonism in the EU are based on realistic assumptions on the case of 3 crises whose repercussions affect not only the EU but also the entire European continent. The crises include the Eurozone crisis, the migrant crisis, as well as the Ukrainian crisis. All of these crises have shown Berlin has a potential to lead the EU, while also pointing to the challenges it faced in an attempt to direct the rocking EU boat to a safe port. Although Germany is undeniably the strongest state of the European Union in economic terms, such degree of domination has not been achieved in the political sphere.

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