The chancellor said Germany supports “closer integration into the European institutions,” including allowing Ukraine to attend meetings such as European Council sessions without voting rights.
The proposal—put forward by the CDU-led interior ministry—would amend existing legislation to allow state-level regulatory authority staff to carry ‘defensive’ crowd control equipment.
The French president and German chancellor have now personally intervened to prevent the collapse of Europe’s most ambitious defense project, by ordering a final push to save the troubled aircraft scheme.
