Il favorito della CDU alle elezioni federali tedesche, Friedrich Merz: “Finché gli Stati membri europei saranno uniti, saranno rispettati nel mondo, compresi gli Stati Uniti. E finché saranno divisi, nessuno ci prenderà sul serio. Quindi, questo è, a mio avviso, l’ultimo invito all’azione.”

True, Europe needs to move closer together. With the pressure from Russia and now the US, we need to act as a collective or be picked apart one by one.

There is no alternative (pun intended) to unified and federal Europe. Let Orbans and Ficos and others bark on the local level if they want, but they should not control the EU level policy setting or hold all the other states hostage. It leaves too much leverage to bad actors like Russia to use for their own gain.

Declaring intent is one thing, acting on it in a positive manner another, we saw how stuff have been going on between Germany, France and other big Euro countries sabotaging Euro initiatives at times.

don’t know the dude, don’t know the CDU, but that is strictly speaking true.

Isn’t this obvious? Divided Europe will simply die and we will become an easy prey for all the predators out there

“Even a blind chicken finds a seed”

I don’t know how often I’ve heard this generic sentence in the past 10 years from most german politicians.

It’s the “putting words into practice” they usually struggle with.

Unfortunately, Friedrich Merz is not known for putting what he says into practice, as he has not held a single public office in his career. Don’t be surprised when it’s going the be all talk with him as well.

lol and then when you suggest the very basic aspect of creating a united Europe with a proper united sense in the e average citizen by introducing English as a second language, people will get so stupidly romantic and nationalistic that you will see the true face of Europe once again. Ego , ridiculous bicker while trying to sound righteous and  division with the excuse for diversity of culture (as if the fact that we already all learn English at school eroded any of the local languages)  that only makes the lives of the average eu citizen worse (need to learn a new language and adopt to a new bureaucracy every time we move, no equality in job opportunities because native speakers will always win due to language and not by skills, ) over any effort to actually fix or unite europe.
They will unite for military but that’s because politicians love a war since it is so much easier to measure than actually fixing the socio economical issues people suffer from on a day to day basis. After the war, we will divide again. That’s if we survive it at all

It’s doable, just be careful with russian puppets within EU. Or maybe stop supporting one of them outside EU.
One tip for you: he has big lips and lots of lithium reserves for you.

United in what though apart from empty words?

United against Russia, without some countries sabotaging the effort because they view Russia as a source of cheap gas rather than the enemy?

United against the far right threat, the homophobia and nationalism they represent? Do your fellow EPP parties agree?

Don’t believe a word coming from the center right until you see actions…most of them gladly work with the pro Russian and pro Trump far right if needed…

Nice try Mr. Burns, your party is literally dividing the entire German political landscape and responsible for all major f**k ups we currently have to get through.

This is true…much more investment in the army and military production, a better institutional framework for inventions and innovations, a big boom in industry and Europe can soon be the best. All of Europe can be like the Nordic countries.