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6/3/12

Germany's Merkel: More, Not Less Europe Is Needed

German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk Thursday called for greater solidarity and further integration in Europe, citing them as crucial elements for resolving the euro-zone debt crisis.

"We need more Europe and not less," Merkel told a gathering at a ceremony to award Tusk this year's Walther Rathenau prize, an award for achievements in furthering the European ideal granted by the Walther Rathenau Foundation.

Merkel said that structural reforms to labor markets and national economies to promote competitiveness were needed not just in the euro zone but throughout the European Union.

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