Germany Chancellor Angela Merkel said a core group of states should press on with eurozone integration to fight the debt crisis . ` We need more Europe . The German government has been pushing for more European integration, including closer fiscal and monetary union as well as deeper political integration. Berlin perceives a contradiction between the U.K. 's refusal to agree to new EU fiscal rules amid its calls for more intervention .
Germany Chancellor Angela Merkel said a core group of states should press on with eurozone integration to fight the debt crisis . The German government has been pushing for more European integration, including closer fiscal and monetary union as well as deeper political integration. Berlin perceives a contradiction between the U.K. 's refusal to agree to new EU fiscal rules amid its calls for more intervention .