Scholz pushes for EU reforms including end of need for unanimity on decisions

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz delivers a speech during a congress of the Party of European Socialists in Berlin (Michael Sohn/AP)

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has called for reforms of the European Union to make it fit for the admission of new countries as well as more military autonomy for the 27-country bloc.

Speaking at the Congress of the Party of European Socialists in Berlin, Mr Scholz advocated for gradually abolishing the principle of unanimity for decisions in foreign policy, but also in other areas such as tax.