Merkel warns against centrifugal forces in the EU and calls for more climate protection

German Chancellor Angela Merkel is insisting on more unity in the European Union. „Let’s not fool ourselves: For some time now, centrifugal forces have been at work in the EU,“ Merkel said on Thursday while accepting the Spanish Charlemagne V Europe Prize in the Spanish monastery of Yuste. These centrifugal forces arise when the cement of common values becomes fragile, the European Union fails to fulfill its promises, social developments take place at different speeds and economic and social differences become too great.