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This may sound like a boring technical measure, but the German chancellor's supposed 'anti-bureaucracy' crusade would be an act of European geopolitical suicide. This is about a simple choice. Either Europeans make single market laws at the confederal level where they are most effective, or...🧵

politico.euGerman conservatives pile pressure on von der Leyen to dismantle Brussels ‘machine’Right-wing lawmakers in Berlin are set to confront the Commission president over what they view as excessive EU power and regulation in a closed-door meeting Monday.

Dave Keating

@davekeating.substack.com

27 Apr

🧵...or they dismantle what's been accomplished by sending powers back to national capitals where they are least effective. Merz wants to move the EU backwards, making it less powerful and less relevant in the world at a time when Europe can least afford it. What's worse: even...🧵

Dave Keating

@davekeating.substack.com

27 Apr

🧵...even after Orban exposed the self-harm caused by the EU's existing veto system on matters of foreign policy, Chancellor Merz wants to introduce *new* national vetos on standard legislation through his proposed "oversight body". Not only is this...🧵

Dave Keating

@davekeating.substack.com

🧵blatantly unconstitutional under the EU treaties, it would be cursing this continent to suffer the same fate that befell the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth as a result of the Liberum Veto. It is a tragedy that Europe is saddled with leaders like this at a time of such global peril.

27/4/26, 9:43 am10 reposts33 likes

Dave Keating

@davekeating.substack.com

27 Apr

More on the German Chancellor's push to dismantle the European Union's power, and why it's actually an effort to hide Germany's own failures, here:

davekeating.substack.comAs Moldova chooses EU, Merz bashes BrusselsThe German Chancellor will come to the Copenhagen summit Wednesday with a classic strategy: blame the EU for national economic woes. Gone is the fleeting hope that Merz would be Europe's new champion.