15/01/2018 (Agence Europe) – The hard-won agreement between the CDU/CSU and the SPD (see EUROPE 11938) on Friday 12 January includes a toughening of compliance with the principles of democracy and solidarity within the EU. “We want to keep Europe together on the basis of its democratic and rule of law values, deepened at all levels of government and we want the principle of reciprocal solidarity strengthened”, it states. After laying emphasis on parliamentary culture at national,...