Speaking after #EUCO summit, Chancellor Merkel says she and Macron met with Polish PM Morawiecki and expressed their "deep concerns" about the "downward spiral" Poland is on in the area of rule of law and undermining the European Union. 
But Merkel adds these concerns about what EU "ever closer union" means are not unique to Poland.
"We have to have a discussion separate from this about where we see the EU going. What should be the competence of the EU, and what should remain with the nation state?"
"We have to have a discussion separate from this about where we see the EU going. What should be the competence of the EU, and what should remain with the nation state?"
“There might be the feeling that those who joined the EU at a later point find themselves in a position where they have to accept something that’s been there when they joined and they’re not entitled to call it into question," Merkel says.
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"They accepted it because the treaties were well known, they all signed up and ratified it," Merkel says.
"But of course they’re in a somewhat different position so I think discussions ought to be possible."
"But of course they’re in a somewhat different position so I think discussions ought to be possible."
Merkel is asked how she responds to the criticism that during her 16 years at #EUCO she allowed the strength of authoritarianism in Central Europe (🇭🇺🇵🇱) to grow.
"I tried to solve these problems" she insists. "If others take a different view of this I have to respect that fact.
"I tried to solve these problems" she insists. "If others take a different view of this I have to respect that fact.
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