Chancellor Schröder pleads for less Europe

The German Chancellor, Gerhard Schröder, has warned the European Commission that the EU faces new threats from the far right if it pushes for integration too fast. At a dinner with the Commission President, Romano Prodi, Schröder warned that the Le Pen vote in France was an example of rising nationalism in a backlash against EU integration.

The German Chancellor, Gerhard Schröder, has warned the European Commission that the EU faces new threats from the far right if it pushes for integration too fast. At a dinner with the Commission President, Romano Prodi, Schröder warned that the Le Pen vote in France was an example of rising nationalism in a backlash against EU integration.