{"id":1177812,"date":"2022-01-01T12:49:21","date_gmt":"2022-01-01T17:49:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1177812"},"modified":"2022-01-01T12:49:23","modified_gmt":"2022-01-01T17:49:23","slug":"german-government-to-support-france-in-making-european-union-more-sovereign","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/german-government-to-support-france-in-making-european-union-more-sovereign\/","title":{"rendered":"German Government to Support France in Making European Union &#039;More Sovereign\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" 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<!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/GettyImages-1153127436-e1641029291434-640x335-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">The German government is to support France in the goal of making the European Union \u201cmore sovereign\u201d, according to the country\u2019s new foreign minister.<\/p>\n<p>Annalena Baerbock, the foreign minister of Germany\u2019s new left-led coalition government, has pledged that her country will support France in making \u201ca more sovereign Europe\u201d \u2014 that is, one with more power over its member-states\u2019 national governments.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>The declaration comes as France <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/news\/macron-unveils-eu-agenda-before-french-presidential-race\/\">assumes<\/a> the European Union\u2019s rotating presidency for the next six months.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur French friends can count on our support from the first to the last day to lay the right foundations within the EU: for a sustainable economic recovery, in the fight against the climate crisis, in digitization and for a more sovereign Europe in the world,\u201d Baerbock said, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lemonde.fr\/international\/article\/2021\/12\/31\/l-allemagne-veut-aider-la-france-a-rendre-l-europe-plus-souveraine_6107772_3210.html\">according<\/a> to AFP.<\/p>\n<p>The German minister went on to say that the French presidency is an important opportunity to \u201cstrengthen Europe and make it fit for the challenges of tomorrow\u201d and that Germany and France as \u201cthe closest friends at the heart of Europe, bear a particular responsibility for a united European Union, capable of acting and oriented towards the future\u201d.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>France\u2019s President Emmanuel Macron has already <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/news\/macron-unveils-eu-agenda-before-french-presidential-race\/\">promised<\/a> that the nation will aim to increase the power of Europe on the world stage during its presidency of the bloc, which kicks off on January 1st.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe want to get \u2026 a powerful Europe in the world, fully sovereign, free to make its choices and master of its own destiny,\u201d Macron said according to an Associated Press report.<\/p>\n<p>Macron also warned against the dangers of \u201cmanipulation from some states\u201d and&nbsp;and \u201cattempts at destabilization, tensions including in our closer neighbourhood\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>As France begins its presidency of the EU, Germany will begin its presidency of the G7 on the same date, with Berlin to host a summit of the seven nations in June.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Polish Deputy Prime Minister Accuses Germany of Using EU to Create &#8216;Fourth Reich&#8217; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/tJ6YxCOmZ4\">https:\/\/t.co\/tJ6YxCOmZ4<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart London (@BreitbartLondon) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartLondon\/status\/1475039947891658754?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 26, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>Germany\u2019s declaration of support for a \u201cmore sovereign\u201d European Union is in keeping with the modus operandi of the incoming government.<\/p>\n<p>The coalition \u2014 led by Chancellor Olaf Scholz \u2014 has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2021\/11\/29\/germany-incoming-leftist-coalition-govt-to-push-for-an-eu-superstate\/\">declared<\/a> that it will push for a so-called \u201cUnited States of Europe\u201d during its lifespan.<\/p>\n<p>In the document outlining the government\u2019s goals, the three coalition members commit to \u201clead developments to a European federal state\u201d, with the document noting the move is Germany\u2019s \u201cspecial responsibility\u201d as the EU\u2019s \u201clargest member-state\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Baerbock has backed the document, saying that \u201ca&nbsp;strong German foreign policy can only be a European one\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Germany has even been <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2021\/12\/26\/polish-deputy-prime-minister-accuses-germany-of-using-eu-to-create-fourth-reich\/\">accused<\/a> of using the EU to create a \u201cFourth Reich\u201d, with Polish deputy prime minister Jaros\u0142aw Kaczy\u0144ski making comparisons between the bloc and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thoughtco.com\/the-other-reichs-1220797\">Holy Roman Empire<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The French government has also repeatedly backed the call for stronger European ties, with one government source even saying that Macron was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2021\/09\/23\/macron-willing-to-trade-un-security-council-seat-for-an-eu-army\/\">willing to surrender<\/a> its seat on the UN Security Council to the bloc in exchange for the establishment of an European Army.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Hungary PM: \u2018United States of Europe\u2019 Plotters Using Mass Migration to Create Post-National, Post-Christian Super-state<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/UVShf8EcVj\">https:\/\/t.co\/UVShf8EcVj<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart London (@BreitbartLondon) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartLondon\/status\/930404960554160135?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 14, 2017<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h5 class=\"western\"><em><span>Follow Breitbart London on Facebook:<\/span><\/em><em>&nbsp;<\/em><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/BreitbartLondon\/\"><span>Breitbart London<\/span><\/a><\/em><\/h5>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The German government is to support France in the goal of making the European Union \u201cmore sovereign\u201d, according to the country\u2019s new foreign minister. 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