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German MEP Gunnar Beck said Armin Laschet, the new leader of Germany’s CDU, will struggle to wield the same sway in Brussels. Mr Laschet, who is now in line to succeed Mrs Merkel as chancellor after the parliamentary elections in September, pipped conservative rival Friedrich Merz to the leadership of their party last weekend. But Mr Beck claimed the new CDU chief would be extorted for Germany’s vast wealth by fellow EU leaders looking to cash in.
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Its politicians and eurocrats want to make an example of Britain and hamstring its ability to cut red tape in order to detract from the growing number of problems faced by Brussels, German Gunnar Beck added. As Boris Johnson accelerates efforts to strip back EU laws, Mr Beck said there will always be figures in Brussels wanting to use the level playing in the Brexit trade deal to “punish” Britain. He told Express.co.uk: “The EU is still very resentful. Amongst the real hard-liners, the mood at present is that God should punish Britain, and if
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MEPs could now vote on the agreement as late as April, but a session next month in Strasbourg is more likely for rubber-stamping the Trade and Cooperation Agreement. It is also believed that European Commission vice-president Maros Sefcovic will oversee the implementation of the future relationship pact on behalf of the bloc. Express.co.uk understands the hold up is because of a delay in translating the 1,246-page treaty into the EU’s 23 officials languages.
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endIndex: COVID-19, Brexit and the international political carnage of this year have hammered the continent and exacerbated tensions that have blighted the European Union for years. (FILE PHOTO)
(CNN) You d struggle to find anyone in Europe who will be unhappy to see the back of 2020.
COVID-19, Brexit and the international political carnage of this year have hammered the continent and exacerbated tensions that have blighted the European Union for years.
But those problems are not going anywhere in 2021.
With no pandemic, fraught talks with the UK or an American president as anti-European Union as Donald Trump, Brussels might finally find space to address issues that have long undermined the bloc though it won t be easy.