Published 7 June 2021 at 18.43
Abroad. The German government now wants to bring the EU one step closer to becoming a full-scale supranational federation. This by abolishing the possibility for member states to veto foreign policy issues.
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The veto, which gives individual member states the opportunity to stop the union's proposal, “must be removed”.
This was stated by German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas during a conference with German ambassadors on Monday, reports Reuters.
– We can not be held hostage by people who are hampering European foreign policy with their vetoes, thundered Maas.
– If you do, you will sooner or later risk Europe's cohesion. The right to veto must be removed, he continued. new security laws in Hong Kong. Last month, Budapest also refused to ratify a new trade and development agreement between the EU and third world countries in Africa, the Caribbean and the Pacific. Hungary also declined to support an EU call for a ceasefire between Israel and the Palestinians, writes Reuters.