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Klaus H. Goetz, « Politique, fonctionnaires et légitimité administrative en Allemagne », Revue française d'administration publique (documents), ID : 10670/1.rrkp57
Politics, Civil Servants and Administrative Legitimacy in Germany. Civil servants, as guarantors of the public interest, are supposed to act as a counterweight to changing and unstable political powers. However, civil servants' autonomy with respect to political power permits collaboration at the federal level between civil servants and political actors. The extent of politicisation ranges from patronage to political professionalism and is on the increase due to the nature of decision-making procedures and to European integration.