Germany calls for France to give its UN Security Council seat to the EU

[Boilrig]

https://www.france24.com/en/20181128-paris-france-german-proposal-un-eu-macron-merkel-security-council-nations

[Clovis]

This is a pretty terrible idea as the EU cannot agree on anything.

[G-Man]

Yeah, I'm usually all for the EU to become even cooperative and be able to exert more power, but this won't work out. As it currently stands, the EU is still at a state where there's a ton of disagreements
between members, not to mention that I personally that the EU Army should be up-and-running before the EU gains a collective seat in the UN.

[Download]

The EU needs a lot of reforming before this becomes a good idea. Also this suggestion feeds into various "Germany rules the EU" conspiracy theories, they really needed to think about it more before opening their mouths.

[smurfy]

There have been calls for Germany itself to be granted a permanent seat including, in 2000, from France

The French president also called for a permanent seat on the United Nations Security Council for Germany to reflect its increased global importance. 
"Germany's engagement, its ranking as a great power, its international influence - France would like to see them recognised with a permanent seat on the Security Council," Mr Chirac said.