German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said on the 29th that he supports Ukraine, Moldova and other countries to join the European Union. With the expansion of the EU, Scholtz believes that the EU should reform the decision-making mode of "unanimous consent" and gradually transition to "specific majority consent", so as to facilitate the coordination of positions of Member States on important issues such as foreign policy. Scholz delivered a speech entitled "Europe is our future" at Charles University in Prague, the capital of the Czech Republic, on the 29th, explaining his views on the future of Europe. He said that European countries must be united and "Europe is our future". Scholz stressed that Germany supports the expansion of the EU. He said that Ukraine, Moldova, Georgia and other countries should join the EU. In June, the European Council agreed to the proposal of the European Commission to grant Ukraine and Moldova candidate membership in the European Union. The European Commission believes that Georgia still needs to make some progress before obtaining the EU candidate status. Currently, the EU candidate countries also include Albania, northern Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia and Türkiye. These five countries have waited for many years and have not yet become full members of the EU. However, in Scholz's view, with the expansion of the alliance, Member States will face more differences in political interests, economic influence and social security system, and the current decision-making method has drawbacks. "Under the current situation where the consensus of (EU Member States) is required, as the number of Member States increases, the risk of one (EU) country using the veto power and preventing other countries from moving forward increases," he said. "I therefore propose to gradually transition the common foreign policy vote to a specific majority." Scholz further explained that "specific majority consent" does not mean that each member state has only two options to agree or oppose, and can also consider "constructive abstention". "Let's find a compromise," he said. "I can imagine that on important issues such as sanctions, we will speak in unison, starting with a specific majority." The Associated Press reported that the opposition of individual member states to the EU's promotion of sanctions against Russia was one of the reasons for Scholz's proposal to reform the EU's decision-making methods. Scholz's speech echoed the recent proposal of French President Emmanuel macron to build a European political community. However, the associated press interpreted that some small European countries may "cautiously accept" Scholz's proposal. These countries worry that once the EU changes the voting method of important policies to two-thirds of the Member States, more decisions will be adopted, and their own concerns may be ignored. (news agency)