Von Der Leyen Announces €35bn Loan Plan for Ukraine Before Winter
She also pledged support for Ukraine’s energy grid.
She also pledged support for Ukraine’s energy grid.
Nothing in the treaties says the Commission president can reject a candidate before the parliamentary hearings, but that’s exactly what von der Leyen did.
Von der Leyen’s fan club can enjoy their moment, crowing about their power to “shape Europe.” But she should not get too comfortable on that Berlaymont throne.
As expected, the Patriots–the Parliament’s third largest party group—was completely passed over.
Breton’s letter must be a sign that things are not all well at the top and that other commissioners must be thinking the same thing.
No one will miss Breton’s authoritarianism, but his departure only intensifies Ursula von der Leyen’s grip and makes the decline in French influence even more apparent.
The Commission president continues to struggle with her self-inflicted gender woes.
The internal market commissioner quit with immediate effect
A new report from a conservative think tank sheds light on the tactics of how ‘Queen Ursula’ uses emergency measures to set up permanent power transfers to Brussels.
Slovenia’s right-wing opposition refuses to cooperate in switching to a female candidate unless the government releases von der Leyen’s letter pushing for the swap.
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