New accents in European policy

The coalition partners want to strengthen the EU externally and internally – and are even talking about a „federal state“. They have also agreed on von der Leyen’s personnel.

In European policy, the traffic light coalition formulates new goals: The European Union should act with „strategic sovereignty“ and be further developed into a „federal European state„. A „Social Europe“, which Chancellor Angela Merkel avoided as much as possible, is also high on the agenda of the new government.

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