Germany's incoming government plans to urge Brussels to be tougher on the rule of law, supports EU treaty changes and might just be open to changing Europe's debt rules.
Those were just some of the messages Germany's next ruling coalition sent out on Europe on Wednesday as it presented a deal that paves the way for a center-left government to take over under the leadership of Social Democrat Olaf Scholz.
The agreement means the leadership of the EU's biggest economy will soon leave the hands of center-right Chancellor Angela Merkel, who decided to step down after 16 years in office. And that has raised questions about how much Germany will change its approach to core European issues...Any non-compliance by the British side, the text says, must lead to the "consistent application of all agreed measures and countermeasures...Significantly, the coalition's agreement called on Brussels to take a tougher stance in its rule-of-law battles with countries like Poland and Hungary.
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