Experts say that if Germany’s Social Democrats lead the country’s next coalition government, they will push for more integration in the EU
Politics in Europe has been in turmoil for quite some time as far-right groups spurred by growing populist movements have continued to challenge the continent’s mainstream parties from France to Britain and Germany, being against the EU.
If that happens, what does it signify for larger European politics, particularly, the EU, whose political engine has long been Germany? “Scholz clearly indicated that a government under his leadership will aim to fasten the process of the further integration of the EU, deepening the political project’s reach across the continent,” Guven tellsBut there are some serious obstacles to the unification project, ranging from disagreements over continental economic stimulus programs and the development of a European defence to some countries’ refusal -Guven thinks that a possible Scholz government will definitely be more generous than...
Scholz’s emphasis on the importance of strengthening the EU is something France’s Macron also appears to advocate, particularly, on military matters for the installment of continental defence. While the EU includes 27 member-states, France and Germany have long been the two leading countries of the union. Interestingly, in the past two centuries, the same two countries had fought bloody wars to claim the continent from France’s Napoleon Bonaparte to Germany’s Adolf Hitler.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel speaks with French President Emmanuel Macron during a round table meeting at an EU summit in Brussels, Oct. 15, 2020.
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