INSTITUTIONAL / Germany

Martin Schulz appeals for a federal and social Europe - the antithesis of Europe 'à la Schäuble'

Berlin, 08/12/2017 (Agence Europe)

By launching the idea of a new European treaty for the United States of Europe, during the SPD Congress on 7 December in Berlin, Martin Schulz has effectively set the cat amongst the pigeons. Although the issue of Europe was relatively absent in the German election campaign, the re-elected President of the Social Democrats appealed at length for a “strong” and “social” Europe.

The leader of the Social Democrats would like a Convention to be set up that involves “the people and...