German Chancellor Friedrich Merz reacted skeptically to proposals for deploying European peacekeepers to Ukraine and rejected the idea of creating a joint European army for the postwar period, Politico reported. Merz said the European Union faces more urgent tasks than sweeping structural reforms. At an informal summit in Zagreb, he welcomed ideas by European People’s Party leader Manfred Weber on EU modernization but questioned their relevance to Europe’s immediate challenges.
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz reacted skeptically to proposals for deploying European peacekeepers to Ukraine and rejected the idea of creating a joint European army for the postwar period, Politico reported. Merz said the European Union faces more urgent tasks than sweeping structural reforms. At an informal summit in Zagreb, he welcomed ideas by European People’s Party leader Manfred Weber on...