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Scholz: Talking About EU Treaty Change Not Taboo For Us

GERMANY

Chancellor Olaf Scholz delivering a statement to the Bundestag regarding the upcoming 30/31 May extraordinary European Council leaders' summit and the EU's actions regarding the war in Ukraine.

  • Livestream (in German):https://www.bundestag.de/
  • Scholz: "If necessary, we can talk about changing the EU Treaty. It's not a taboo for us. But that requires consensus. Because if there's anything we don't need, it's a long navel-gazing debate about the EU institutions."
    • Last week French President Emmanuel Macron announced his support for backing EU treaty change recommended by the Conference on the Future of Europe.
  • Scholz on arms deliveries to Ukraine: "Enabling a country to defend itself is not an escalation".
  • Scholz: "Ukraine and its allies will not accept a Putin-dictated peace...Putin will only be prepared to discuss peace when he has accepted that he cannot break Ukraine's defences."
  • Scholz reiterates strong support for Swedish, Finnish NATO bids.
  • Scholz: "We must better align EU defence systems"

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