Kukhtin M. Foreign Policy Priorities of the CDU: the Conception of "German Federalism"

Object - the foreign policy of the CDU; the aim is comprehensive analysis of the "German Federalism" as one of the programs of political reconstruction of Europe; methods - chronological, synchronous, diachronic, typological, comparative-historical; novelty - complex studing of the foreign policy of the CDU 2005-2013, had been put forward the theory of the European policy of the government of Angela Merkel; results - substantiated that the German reform plan envisages reformatting the European political space to neutralize the influence of France on EU affairs; it is introduced in a research sphere, educational courses on political science; fields - vocational training, the theory of politics, political practice.