Merz BLAMES The EU Bureaucracy For Europe's Slow Economy, VDL Pushes Back! - Video

Friedrich Merz is blaming excessive regulations for the EU’s slow economy. He has criticised parts of the European Commission for this and has stated that these institutions are not moving as fast as he would like. Ursula von Der Leyen has pushed back and stated that Brussels shouldn’t be blamed alone and added that national governments are also responsible because they add an extra layer of regulations which makes businesses’ lives harder. Joachim Nagel has stated that the “new reality” in Europe calls for more EU debt and eurobonds. This is supported by Emmanuel Macron but not by Friedrich Merz. Zelensky has clarified that the US is not linking elections in Ukraine to security guarantees and he said that Ukraine will hold elections only after the security guarantees are finalised and a ceasefire will be in place. Russia will not be represented at the first meeting of Trump’s Board of Peace as Russia hasn’t yet finalised it’s stance on the body.

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0:00 Intro
1:09 EU's slow economy
7:20 The "solution"
10:17 Zelensky on elections
12:55 Russia will not attend BoP meeting