Germany’s political elites have shared a ‘permissive consensus’ (Hooghe and Marks 2008) in support of European integration both before and during the global financial and economic crisis, as well as the subsequent Eurocrisis. Their Europeanness encompasses five independent dimensions: general support, trust in EU institutions, ideological aims and cultural boundaries of European integration, and the means of integration (intergovernmental or federal conceptions and policy delegation to the European level). This permissive consensus has not dissolved in the course of the crises and is strongest in terms of general support and trust, while some minor party differences exist regarding the socioeconomic aims, cultural boundaries and means of European integration. This stability is explained by Germany’s dominant economic position in Europe and the marked absence of strong Eurosceptic parties in domestic politics during the period of investigation. Nevertheless, some adjustments with regard to the means of European integration occurred as a result of the empowerment of Germany’s political elites during the crises.
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机译：在全球金融和经济危机以及随后的欧洲危机爆发之前和期间，德国的政治精英们分享了一个“宽容共识”（Hooghe and Marks 2008），以支持欧洲一体化。它们的欧洲性包括五个独立的方面：总体支持，对欧盟机构的信任，欧洲一体化的意识形态目标和文化边界以及一体化的手段（政府间或联邦的概念以及向欧洲一级的政策授权）。这种宽容的共识并未在危机中解散，在普遍支持和信任方面是最强的，而在社会经济目标，文化界限和欧洲一体化手段方面存在一些较小的政党分歧。之所以如此稳定，可以归因于德国在欧洲的主要经济地位，以及在调查期间明显缺乏强大的欧洲怀疑党在国内政治中的表现。尽管如此，由于危机期间德国政治精英的授权，对欧洲一体化方式进行了一些调整。
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