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Le Pen and Weidel outline plans to weaken EU institutions
Marine Le Pen and Alice Weidel, the head of Alternative for Germany, have outlined strategies aimed at diminishing the authority and funding of the European Union. Under Weidel's suggested “new deal for Europe,” elections to the European Parliament would be eliminated, and Germany would seek exemptions in areas such as migration, defence and common borrowing. Le Pen’s National Rally proposes slashing France’s EU budget contributions by 60 percent over a five-year presidential term and removing Brussels from the process of proposing joint policies for the 27 EU nations. According to The…
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