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We agree: Brussels can't regulate everything. I'm driven by something else: There are forces in Europe that want to generally give national policy priority over a common European approach. We have to prevent this.

Martin Schulz

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Martin Schulz
Age: 68
Born: 1955
Born: December 20
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