EU must become a United States of Europe by 2025, says Angela Merkel’s planned coalition partner Martin Schulz
The leader of Germany’s main centre-left party has said he wants to establish a United States of Europe by 2025.Martin Schulz, a former European Parliament president, said a convention should be set up to create a new constitution for Europe and that any country that did not adopt it should automatically be kicked out of the EU.His comments come as he seeks permission of his SPD party to enter coalition talks with Angela Merkel, who has been unable to form a government without his support following elections in September. READ MOREAngela Merkel handed lifeline as momentum grows for ‘grand coalition’“I want a new constitutional treaty to establish the United States of Europe. A Europe that is no threat to its member states, but a beneficial addition,” he said.“A convention shall draft this treaty in close cooperation with the civil society and the people. Its results will then be submitted to all member states. Any state that won’t ratify this treaty will automatically leave the EU.”Mr Schulz was speaking at the SPD’s convention in Berlin, where delegates will vote on whether to start coalition talks.
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