Mr. Schäuble now asking for further fiscal and political union within the EU. Seems that the United States of Europe or the Roman Holy Empire is about to take place. Am i the only one that finds suspicious that this EU crisis started immediately since the Lisbon Treaty entered into force at the end of 2009?


Schäuble is considered to be one of the most pro-European members of Merkel's cabinet. He used his acceptance speech to give new impetus to a debate on strengthening the EU and a swift review of the EU treaties. “We’ve got to create a political union now. We need strong European institutions,“ he said.

He argued that Europeans should be able to directly elect the president of the Commission. “The political unity in Europe needs a face,” Schäuble said. “At the next European parliamentary elections the parties could enter a top candidate that in the event of an electoral victory could then be accepted by the leaders of the national governments as the Commission president.”

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