European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has arrived in the Ukrainian capital Kiev for a visit to mark the second anniversary of the Russian invasion. The visit was intended “to celebrate the extraordinary resistance of the Ukrainian people,” she wrote on the platform X, formerly Twitter, on Saturday morning. “More than ever, we stand […]
The president of the European Commission has arrived in Kyiv to mark the second anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Ursula von der Leyen arrived shortly after a Russian drone attack struck a residential building in the southern city of Odesa, killing at least one person. Three women also sustained severe burns in the attack […]
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen announced her campaign for a second term on Monday, saying that her passion for the European Union had grown over her time in office. “In these five years, not only has my passion for Europe grown, but of course also my experience of how much this Europe can […]
She steered the continent through the pandemic. She has massively increased the powers of the European Commission. And she has led a response to the challenges of climate change, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, and competition from China. Ursula von der Leyen might well have convinced herself of the strength of her record when she launched […]
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has informed members of her conservative party in Germany that she is seeking a second term in one of Europe’s most powerful posts, sources told dpa. She became the first women to lead the European Union’s executive when she was elected to the post in 2019, a job […]
Germany’s Ursula von der Leyen will seek a second term as president of the European Union’s powerful Commission in a move that could make her the most significant politician representing the bloc’s 450 million citizens in a generation. Following five years of leading the 27-nation bloc through multiple crises, including the Covid-19 pandemic and the […]
BRUSSELS (AP) — Germany’s Ursula von der Leyen will seek a second term as head of the European Union’s powerful Commission in a move that could make her the most significant politician representing the bloc’s 450 million citizens in a over a generation. Following five years of leading the 27-nation bloc through multiple crises, including […]
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen is seeking a second term, she told members of her conservative party in Germany, sources tell dpa. She became the first women to lead the European Union’s executive when she was elected to the post in 2019, a job which places her in charge of about 32,000 EU […]
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on Friday condemned the massive rise in anti-Semitism across Europe in the wake of the Hamas terrorist attacks on Israel on October 7. “European Jews are again living in fear,” von der Leyen said ahead of the International Day of Holocaust Remembrance and the 79th anniversary of the […]
(Bloomberg) — The European Union needs to cut energy prices further as it pursues its ambitious green shift in the face of growing competition in clean technologies and geopolitical tensions, according to the head of its executive Ursula von der Leyen. Most Read from Bloomberg The 27-nation bloc, which aims to reach climate neutrality by […]
President Volodymyr Zelensky met NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on the opening day of the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos on Jan. 16. Zelensky arrived in Switzerland on Jan. 15 to attend the WEF, an annual event that gathers the world’s government, business, and civil society […]