#GERMANY: Vice Chancellor Supports Controversial EU Army Proposal

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The Vice Chancellor of Germany Olaf Scholz, who might succeed outgoing leader Angela Merkel after September’s federal elections, has revealed that he backs the creation of a European army controlled by the European Parliament and other EU organs.

In an interview with the Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagzeitung, Scholz, who is the leader of Germany’s Social Democratic Party, confessed: “For me, a common army is part of the idea of European sovereignty.”

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#GERMANY: Merkel Endorses Key Planks Of Her Successor's Platform; Including Joint European Union Aircraft Carrier

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Chancellor Angela Merkel has endorsed some of the key European reform ideas put forward by her successor to the Christian Democratic Union leadership Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer, including a joint EU aircraft carrier. Kramp-Karrenbauer, who succeeded Merkel as leader of the CDU in December, etched out her vision in a weekend response to French President Emmanuel Macron's proposals for European Union reform. Her essay included a call for a stronger EU border force, a pan-European climate pact and a common market for banking.

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