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Schulz fears a rise of “enemy movements within Europe” and said that sooner or later left or right wing populists will come into power.
“The EU has been on a sliding slope for some time now,” Schulz said. He added that extremists are still a minority, but the Dutch rejection of the Association Agreement with Ukraine shows that “we should not rely a good ending” for Europe.
According to Schulz, citizens have lost trust in institutions, both national and European, and therefore a institutional reforms need to be made to make the EU more effective.
“The EU has been created as a tool for solving problems, but many people think of it as a part of the problem rather than a solution,” Schulz said.