Germany and Europe: A very federal formula

Major analysis feature. German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s plans for a shift in power from EU member states to Brussels would generate constitutional problems within Germany and worries among allies, writes Quentin Peel.

On the 7 February 2012 Mrs Merkel said: 'Without doubt, we need more and not less Europe. That’s why it’s necessary to create a political union, something that wasn’t done when the euro was launched'.

ESO: Background information: Merkel: 'My vision is political union' http://www.europeansources.info/record/merkel-my-vision-is-political-union/

Kathimerini, 16.2.12; Germany must decide what the European Union is for http://www.ekathimerini.com/4dcgi/_w_articles_wsite2_1_16/02/2012_428169

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