Merkel says she is ready to fight for freedom of religion in Europe
“You don't have all this in many parts of the world. And that's why it is worth fighting for this Europe, said Merkel in the Baltic Sea resort town Zingst two months before a federal election. “That is why one of our election placards is saying, “If Europe is stronger, then Germany will be stronger”. This is directly related.”
The chancellor admitted the EU as far from being perfect, with Brussels being sometimes too bureaucratic.
“But we have realized in the past few months that Europe is more than just bureaucracy and economic regulation, that Europe and living together in the European Union have something to do with war and peace, that the decades of peace after World War Two would have been completely unthinkable without the European Union,” Merkel said.
Merkel also added she is open to proposals of strengthening the single currency through the creation of a euro zone finance minister who would oversee a pooled budget for investments and transfers intended to help member states cushion downturns.
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