France and Germany for a new Europe

That the election of the new French president interrupted that negative strip for Europe, which began with the UK exit from Brussels and continued with Trump's proclamation at the US presidency, appears to be a definite fact. The new French president immediately moved to reinforce this trend, as a first act of his mandate, a visit to Berlin, to recreate the closest alliance in Europe with Angela Merkel's Germany. The German Chancellor was, moreover, reassured by the popularity of the German people, thanks to the results of the administrative elections, which saw a clear statement of his political training against the Socialists, which seemed to be on the rise. This election result puts Merkel in the net in the upcoming German elections, opening the way for its fourth government mandate. The meeting, therefore, was among two leading leaders in their respective countries and strong in consensus that could authorize them to design a new design for the European Union. We are in the face of a new leadership, which Germany wants to share with France, above all, not to be identified as the sole responsible for European politics and hence being accused of the excessive rigor that has been imposed on the acceding countries. This does not mean that Germany intends to move from its path, only to share its responsibilities with a partner who is believed to be reliable and able to make Berlin's proposals effective. In view of this, the perception is of a Germany that is still firmly in control of European politics, and in a sense it is true, because the new tenant of the Eliseo seems to be co-opted in this political vision, but the new president French will have to do something, at least in terms of institutional change, to give it credit for developing the current euro area structure. The President of the French Republic argues that, as is the case with the architecture of the single currency, it is incomplete, because it lacks a common direction shared by the member states. This address necessarily presupposes a transfer of sovereignty from the national states to a central European authority that can govern the union's economy through a European budget capable of directing the growth of less developed countries, with the adoption of investments special. It is understood that this direction goes in the opposite direction to that of those movements that are against the sale of sovereignty of their own countries, of which the principal representative is Marine Le Pen. However, without the spread of wealth and a real redistribution, the French president is likely to attract, in the European field, the criticisms that have been made during the French election campaign, namely to be the expression of banks and finance. After the euphoria for the failure of the rise of the far-right and anti-European Le Pen movement, the new French president might find himself in the unwelcome position of making the financial interests and quickly exhausting the credit granted by public opinion and ending thus Like a Hollande any. On the other hand, Merkel is still not sure of the electoral victory, though favored, and can not make the transfer of funds to southern European countries to boost its growth. The German Chancellor must give security to his constituents to still have the power to condition the union, because for the Germans a sale of sovereignty in favor of Brussels can only mean a less rigid balance sheet and hence a lower value of German savings . If there really is this hypothetical EU economy ministry, it will not have to be a hostage-taking institution, but act as a protagonist for continental growth and be able to reverse the trend that has heightened the deep inequality in Europe; Only in this way will it be possible to create the real assumptions to try to reach even more ambitious goals as a single military force until it reaches political union. To do this, the relationship between Berlin and Paris should not be exclusive, but widened as far as possible to other governments, who really share these goals, leaving those who are in the European Union only for convenience and without sharing the ideals Brussels establishes its own existence.