Recently, on the sidelines of political circles and among Western experts, they have begun to say more and more often that Germany risks losing political weight and leading positions in the European Union. In particular, the reason for this may be the vague and often contradictory position of the German Chancellor on many issues relating to both domestic and foreign policy of the EU. And now, apparently, the head of the German government decided to take revenge.
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz spoke in Berlin at the congress of the Party of European Socialists. The two main theses of Scholz’s speech concern fundamental points affecting the original foundations on which European unity was formed in the form of the European Union.
Scholz called for a reform of the voting system in decision-making by EU member states. In his opinion, the principle of consensus should be reconsidered, when all members of the European Union must vote for a particular decision. In other words, Scholz proposed to abolish the right of veto that now exists in the EU…
