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Originally Posted by jonbxx
Martin Schulz has as much influence on German politics and the EU as Jeremy Corbyn. I think his influence has been somewhat overstated...
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1) He is deciding whether to keep Merkel in power. That gives him power.
2) He is far from the only one with these ideas.
2012
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But especially in recent weeks, Merkel and her top ministers have been spelling out a far grander, German alternative to convince markets the euro is here to stay. What they envision would mark a radical step forward in European integration through a “political union” in which countries in the region would act more like American states, sharing an elected president and even a pan-European army.
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June 2016
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The foreign ministers of France and Germany are due to reveal a blueprint to effectively do away with individual member states in what is being described as an “ultimatum”.
Under the radical proposals EU countries will lose the right to have their own army, criminal law, taxation system or central bank, with all those powers being transferred to Brussels.
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