EP-voorzitter Schulz over Duitse verkiezingen (en)

The President of the European Parliament Martin Schulz i made the following statement on the results of the federal elections in Germany.

"The results of the elections in Germany are a remarkable success for Angela Merkel i. As President of the European Parliament, I congratulate the Chancellor for this result.

The whole of Europe is looking with great interest to the upcoming formation of a government. As with other elections before such as in France, Italy or Greece, we see increasingly that we have developed a European internal policy and increasingly a European public space.

The main challenges which lie ahead of us and which the new German government and the European Parliament will have to tackle together include: fighting youth unemployment which threatens our democratic and social system, setting up a smart investment programme which helps to generate growth and which supplements the consolidation of our budgets. Furthermore, we must finalise the banking union and swiftly implement the Financial Transaction Tax.

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