Berlin, Nov 17, 2025 (AFP) - EU has to slay the single market's 'bureaucratic monster': Merz

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2025-11-17

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz on Monday called for a more "independent" Europe and for deep reforms to the European Union's single market, which he said had become a "bureaucratic monster". "We have to become more sovereign, more independent in various political and economic fields," he said at a forum organised by the Sueddeutsche Zeitung newspaper. "We can't rely any more on America defending us, on China supplying our raw materials and on R......

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