Supporters of deeper politicalandeconomicintegration like majority voting because it makes it harder for less enthusiastic countries to dissent, or to slow legislation down.
But at a joint press conference with Mr Cameron, Mrs Merkel said different EU countries had taken part in different aspects of politicalandeconomicintegration in the past, and this approach would continue.
And we also agree on the need to remain actively engaged with our Eastern partners in Europe, and to advance their political association and their economicintegration with the European Union.
Since its founding, ASEAN has grown from a modest forum for regional cooperation to an institutionalized organization responsible for a broad range of practical cooperation, and the driver for broader regional economic, political, and security integration.
When the architects of Maastricht were unable to produce a political union some of them comforted themselves with the idea that a common currency would in and of itself bring further economicintegration from which politicalintegration would naturally flow.