German chancellor @OlafScholz just held a remarkable speech in Prague on the future of Europe. (1) It approves the idea of @EmmanuelMacron to create a European Political Community with prospective accession countries. (2) It suggest a switch from unanimity to majority voting. 1/6 
(3) It prefers majority voting to enhanced cooperation. (4) As a step toward majority voting the constructive abstention should be introduced. (5) The internal market must be upgraded to a real circular European economy. (6) In terms of migration we need more legal migration. 2/6
(7) Germany wants a reform of the fiscal rules along the lines of the recent proposals. (8) Reference to SURE can be understood as introducing debt-financed funds with dedicated and earmarked spending plans. (9) The rule of law must be defended by all means available. 3/6
(10) Last but not least, certain MS should assume special responsibilities in terms of building up Ukranian defence capabilities. It mentions: "no more wasting time" on coordination, which insinuates an explanation for delayed support from Germany in the past. 4/6
How do I look at this speech? Good that DE commits to reforms incl. Treaty changes and clearly wants to give up unanimity voting. Commitment to change fiscal rules and creating SURE-type funds is very good. Also enforcing EU's capacity to create synergies in terms of defence. 5/6
On institutional reform, strengthening the European Parliament is strikingly missing. Enhancing the EU by 30/36 MS, keeping the upper threshold of 751 MEPs and respecting the principle that each vote carries the same weight means: #transnationallists. It could have been mentioned
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