Germany's Schaeuble wants creative ways to build stronger EU

REUTERS

 

FILE PHOTO: German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble attends the weekly cabinet meeting at the Chancellery in Berlin, Germany April 12, 2017. REUTERS/Hannibal Hanschke

 

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union should find ways to cooperate more closely on migration, security, foreign and economic policy, without waiting for a change to EU treaties, German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble said on Tuesday.

 

In prepared remarks for a speech at the Catholic University of Leuven in Belgium, Schaeuble said he shares many of French President Emmanuel Macron's views on how to strengthen the EU.

 

But he said there may not be enough popular support to enact changes to EU rules.

 

"We have to find other, pragmatic solutions," Schaeuble said. "If... there is no majority for treaty change, we will just have to do it through intergovernmental agreements or enhanced cooperation, whether you want to call it variable geometry, multi-speed Europe, or coalitions of the willing."

 

On migration, security and foreign and economic policy, he said that the European Union was more effective when its member states act together.

 

(Reporting by Jan Strupczewski; Editing by Mark Trevelyan)

 

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sounds like the introduction of an EU article 44 under German control lol

 

no surprises there since they will do anything to protect themselves from the financial impact of brexit 

"We have to find other, pragmatic solutions," Schaeuble said. "If... there is no majority for treaty change, we will just have to do it through intergovernmental agreements or enhanced cooperation, whether you want to call it variable geometry, multi-speed Europe, or coalitions of the willing."

 

 

In other words, "Ve hav vays of getting our vay!"

Hey Germany and Europe for that matter, one way to improve your situation, is to quit flooding your countries with refugees.  These people cannot speak your

language so you have to house them, feed them, teach them to speak your language so they can then work some jobs that you have available. Mean while

your countries have to give them free medical service as well as they have no money, other than what was given to them.  Brexit is still happening and when it

is over you will have that much less money in the EU.  Something to think about before you get another million people in Europe who will be on the dole

until they can speak one of your languages.