In the face of significant crises along with hazards from Russia and extremists, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has actually made an immediate plea for a strong and unified Europe.
“The European Union cannot be considered given,” she stated on Friday night at the closing rally for the German conservative CDU/CSU bloc in Munich.
A tranquil Europe is being challenged by populists, extremists and demagogues, such as the conservative nationalist Marine Le Pen in France and the Option for Germany (AfD) in Germany.
“These extremists have something in typical: they wish to compromise, damage and destroy our Europe,” she stated, including that will never ever be permitted to take place.
She for that reason desires a broad alliance: in favour of the guideline of law, in favour of Ukraine and in favour of a strong Europe.
The leading prospect for Bavaria’s Christian Social Union (CSU), Manfred Weber, stated with regard to the AfD and specifically the camp led by Björn Höcke: “We will not permit these neo-Nazis to damage our Europe.”
In view of the Russian hazard, von der Leyen when again urgently required a more powerful typical defence policy. “If we wish to protect peace on our continent, we need to not think twice,” she stated. Europe should when again invest more cash in its defence and its defence market. “We desire a Europe that can protect itself,” she stated.
Von der Leyen likewise campaigned for a constant European migration policy and more environment security: “We owe our kids and grandchildren an undamaged natural surroundings,” she stated.
According to viewpoint surveys, the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and the CSU together can anticipate to win the European elections in Germany on Sunday by a big margin.
Von der Leyen is going for a 2nd term at the head of the European Commission, while CSU deputy Weber wishes to stay European Individuals’s Celebration (EPP) chairman and leader of the parliamentary group in the European Parliament.
