The future government of Olaf Scholz is more demanding than that of Angela Merkel on respect for the rule of law in the European Union. And it does not close any door about a possible reform of the stability pact.
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In the Franco-German couple, Emmanuel Macron was so far the engine element in the field of European ambition. With the departure of Angela Merkel and the arrival of the “Tricolore fire” coalition, led by the Social Democrat Olaf Scholz (SPD), the situation could change. The Government Agreement with SPD, Greens and Liberals (FDP), Wednesday, November 24, deploys a very ambitious project for a more federalist Europe than the French President has never imagined. And, chance of the calendars, it is published when the campaign for the presidential election intensifies in France.
“It’s a bit the German response to the speech of the Sorbonne [of September 26, 2017]. The Germans go even further in their ambition of European integration than Macron. They are more royalists than the king”, s ‘Amuse Sébastien Maillard, director of the Jacques-Delors Institute. Before adding: “On the merits, this agreement is the assurance that there will be material to be chatting with Germany.” In fact, many of the elements that appear to them echoed some of the themes of the President French. And even if it takes more than an agreement between Paris and Berlin to advance the records in Brussels, it remains a sine qua non.
While Merkel’s has never been very enthusiastic about the Conference on the Future of Europe, promoted by Mr. Macron, Mr. Scholz and his allies want On the contrary, put it at the service of their European ambitions. In their eyes, it must be “leveraged to engage reforms”, including if it involves “modify treaties”, in order to “lead to the evolution of the European Union [EU] to a State European federal government “.
The coalition proposes the creation of a real “European Foreign Minister” and the adoption of qualified majority votes and not unanimously for foreign affairs topics. In the summer of 2020, the twenty-seven had failed to agree on sanctions against Belarus, because Cyprus had put its veto, demanding that farms are also decided against Ankara. At the head of German diplomacy, Heiko Maas (SPD) had already favorable to a qualified majority in foreign policy. But he was pretty isolated. “Apart from Belgium and Luxembourg, perhaps being Spain and Italy, no one really supported it. France is open, but as soon as it is a position to take a position, we do not hear it more “, entrusts a European source.
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