“As long as Europeans are united they will be respected in the world, including in the US”. Incoming Chancellor Merz plans to speed up Macron’s efforts toward European financial integration. This policy shift is happening in other “frugal” states as well, including Denmark



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  1. SS: Likely incoming Chancellor Merz has signaled a shift towards greater European financial integration, moving away from the previous stance of the CDU. This is part of a broader shift within the “frugal four” towards deeper and further financial European integration. In an op-ed in Handelsblatt, Merz also expressed support for the establishment of the Defence Union, including a European Army. The ever-closer Union was always a reality, but developments in the world are speeding up the process.

  2. Europeans are not united. Different countries, different interests, everyone tries to get the most of the situation. It’s realpolitk.

  3. So we can expect under his leadership that Germany will go first and take initiative and serve as prime engine on matters that concern EU as a whole?

  6. that is very good news. but I remain skeptical. let’s wait and see

  7. The EU should become one federal sovereign Union, and it can take note from countries like India on how to unify diverse communities into one single sovereign Union. Ofc, it’ll have to adopt policies tailor-made for its own context instead of copying things verbatim, but I think India offers a really rich example on how to successfully unify diverse groups into one single federal Union. There are also other federal Unions that the EU can learn from (such as Australia and the US), but in terms of diversity, India offers a much more clear case study, given that it’s even more diverse than the EU/Europe, and yet has been able to sustain itself as a common sovereign democratic republican Union for 75+ years now.

    Pre-1947 India (even if you count only today’s India) was also a collection of various entities (even before the colonial era), but they’re all part of a common democratic republic now

  8. The EU struggle voting through much less contentious issues. There isn’t enough political will for this nor federalization/united army.

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