Verhofstadt: After Ukraine war, no politician “has the guts” to back exit from EU. Following UK’s “Brexit disaster” and Russia’s invasion, no right-wing politician still advocates for an exit from the EU. He warns that the EU should move fast to make a viable defence, energy and fiscal union

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1. Yes, we saw how well EU’s energy market worked during this crisis. It’s indeed prime time to put more power into the hands of people like Verhofstadt

2. Council decision on treaty reform in December:

   *Asked about the European Parliament’s resolution requesting amendments to the EU Treaty, Verhofstadt said he expected an EU Council decision by the end of the year.*

   *“This is the request of the Parliament, and that is in my opinion, the obligation of the European Council to do that before the end of the year,” he noted.*

   *“We are pushing for it and the information that we have received from the Council is that it will be put on the agenda in December for a formal decision,” Verhofstadt said.*

3. If the European Union continues to pursue the same policy (for example, trying to introduce majority voting instead of consensus), the European Union will turn into a kind of CIS and there will be no need to leave it.
   The European Union should remain united, so it should focus on things that unite Europe, and vice versa.

4. Agree that brexit was a shitshow and noone wants to follow that act. But the club that “benefitted” the most from Russia’s invasion was NATO, much more so than the EU.

   The common defence protection from NATO is still much stronger, at least whilst the US remains committed to it

5. Even Meloni [wants more Europe](https://streamable.com/kuvdfz)

   Anti-EU is out of fashion.

6. Stay in the union so Germany can fok ya over, or else!!!111

7. I don’t think he is wrong, but I don’t trust this guy… it’s a politician from Belgium … sooo… yea

8. >He warns that the EU should move fast to make a viable defence, energy and fiscal union

   He wants to use the crisis the quickly push through unpopular reforms.

9. Verhofstadt, my friend, never underestimate human stupidity….

10. Yeah, no politican… “nervous laughter”

11. Now is the time to get that EU Constitution finished and approved.

12. god that’s such a freaking offensive reach.

13. Honestly one of the core big steps would be to make the EP an actually relevant institution.

    Right now you have two main pillars in the EC and commission

14. The biggest loser in this geopolitics is Brexit, what was the UK thinking?

15. Fixing the treaties to prevent democratic backsliding is at least as important (if not more) as steps towards federalisation.

16. Putting anything that requires fast reaction times into the hands of the EU, where every reaction takes eternities because 27 members with wildly different interests have to agree, is a huge mistake.

17. Verhofstadt declares Brexit a disaster, quelle suprise.