‘No Conservatives’: EU Socialists Issue Ultimatum to Commission President
The S&D threatens to blow up the ‘Ursula coalition’ if von der Leyen allows a conservative “into the heart of the Commission.”
The S&D threatens to blow up the ‘Ursula coalition’ if von der Leyen allows a conservative “into the heart of the Commission.”
Reports suggest the Commission is mulling over two proposals that would suspend billions of euros earmarked for the country.
Italian technocrat Mario Draghi says the EU needs the equivalent of three Marshall Plans—how would it get the money?
Von der Leyen is set to create a fourth executive VP post just for Italy—to avoid offending her coalition allies by giving away one of their jobs to the ECR.
Ominous signs in its launch document evince sympathy for plant-based food, animal rights, and the ideology of sustainability.
The document written by former Italian PM Mario Draghi sketches out plan to build Europe’s own defense industrial complex.
Ursula von der Leyen wants a gender-balanced cabinet even at the expense of sovereignty and democracy.
Member states send lower-level officials to first meeting; Commission delegates none.
The new four-party government in the Hague is heading for a precedent-setting Brussels showdown with Brussels.
The EU’s own prosecutor’s office argues that the cuts would make its job impossible, including investigating von der Leyen’s Pfizer text messages.