Chancellor of Germany Olaf Scholz and French President Emmanuel Macron want to change the decision-making rules in the European Union. This is reported Bloomberg following the press conference of Scholz and Macron.
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The two leaders have said they want to strengthen the European Union by allowing the 27-member bloc to make more political decisions by supermajority rather than unanimous votes to avoid a political stalemate.
As noted, Germany and France, which are founding members of the European Union and its two largest economies, are discussing possible changes to the EU treaties, as the war in Ukraine threatens the bloc’s defense and energy security.
Scholz and Macron are keen to keep the decision-making process in the EU even as it considers admitting new members.
The two leaders agreed to speed up EU membership talks with several countries in the Western Balkans after talks on political, judicial and financial reforms in recent years have so far made little headway.
Macron said EU leaders would hold a special summit with the countries of the Western Balkans shortly before their official meeting in Brussels scheduled for June 23-24.
Macron’s proposal to discuss new EU rules at the June summit is reportedly already facing resistance. Nearly half of EU members, including Denmark, Sweden and Poland, said in a joint statement that they are against “premature change of the treaty” and stressed that now is not the time for institutional discussions.
Some EU countries are cautious and do not want to overpromise Ukraine, as they believe that the EU should first complete accession negotiations with candidate countries on its list before adding new ones.
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