COULD EU CHANGE WITHOUT MERKEL ?

The next significant event in the EU is the German Election on September 24, 2017 which will decide whether Angela Merkel retains her post as Chancellor.

This will also indicate whether there is any NEW hope that the EU could finally start updating its Treaties, by changing some of the old basic principles which no longer defend EU citizens in this changing World ! 

Merkel and Germany seem to want the EU to become one political unity with one Government !   BUT would such an objective really suit all the 28 member countries of the EU ?   At present this does not seem to be the case.

The Rules being applied concerning Immigrants or Migrants or Refugees from the Middle East or elsewhere are far from satisfactory.  

Should all external frontiers of the EU not be policed to increase the security of EU citizens, particularly now when Terrorists are so active ?    Who should secure either the internal or external frontiers of the EU ?

In fact, is the principle of the Freedom of Movement in the EU of goods or persons, still tenable as it is at present defined in Treaties ?

Finally, is "BREXIT" not a good reason to update Treaties ?   Or will this only be done when Britain has "PAID" a punitive price to leave ?  

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