BERLIN – The European Union can now not afford to maintain nationwide vetoes when deciding on European Union overseas and safety coverage if it needs to take care of a number one position in world politics, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz mentioned.
Moscow’s conflict in Ukraine makes unity in Europe ever extra pressing and will increase stress for an finish to “egocentric blockades” of European selections by particular person member states, Scholz mentioned in an article revealed by the Frankfurter Allgemeine newspaper on Sunday.
“We merely can now not afford nationwide vetoes, for instance in overseas coverage, if we need to proceed to be heard in a world of competing nice powers,” he added.
Scholz has confronted criticism from Kyiv and different western allies that Germany has not taken a management place on the Ukraine disaster, a cost Scholz has denied.
The invasion, which Moscow calls a “particular army operation”, triggered main shift in Germany’s defence coverage after many years of army restraint.
The battle has additionally pushed Berlin in the direction of a extra energetic overseas coverage position globally, benefiting from its presidency of the Group of Seven industrialised nations this yr.
Scholz mentioned the G7 and different international locations might work collectively to seek out options for the world’s meals disaster, local weather change and the pandemic if Germany takes accountability for Europe and the world.
He mentioned Germany would make proposals for joint European migration coverage, constructing European defence, technological sovereignty and democratic resilience within the coming months.
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