New Year's Eve Speech

Merkel reclaims role of EU anchor in outline of her 2018 agenda

'Twenty-seven countries in Europe must be impelled more strongly than ever to remain a community', the chancellor will tell the nation on Sunday.

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31.12.2017

German Chancellor Angela Merkel said she’ll team up with France to hold the European Union together and pledged to her form next government "without delay."

In a New Year’s Eve speech to the nation, Merkel outlined a vision for her fourth term that includes an alliance with French President Emmanuel Macron to strengthen Europe’s economic clout and control migration, while upholding values of tolerance and pluralism within the EU and abroad.