PART I: GERMANY, THE STABILITY AND GROWTH PACT AND POLICY COORDINATION ON THE POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC AGENDA IN EUROPE The Europeanisation of Fiscal Policy Coordination PART II: FISCAL POLICY COORDINATION UNDER THE STABILITY AND GROWTH PACT IN ECONOMIC AND MONETARY UNION The Institutional System of Fiscal Policy Coordination The German Dynamics of Uploading the Stability Pact Downloading the Stability Pact in Germany Reuploading Fiscal Policy Coordination in EMU PART III: GERMANY AND THE STABILITY AND GROWTH PACT: INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY FOR EFFECTIVE FISCAL POLICY COORDINATION IN EMU Reviewing the Institutional System of Fiscal Policy Coordination Challenging the Existing Understanding of Europeanisation in the Study of Germany, the Stability and Growth Pact and Policy Coordination