Ursula von der Leyen | The European Conservative

Timetable for Commissioner Candidates’ Parliamentary Hearings Revealed

Tamás Orbán October 10, 2024

The five executive vice presidents and the foreign affairs chief will be questioned by MEPs last, after every other commissioner candidate has been approved or rejected.

Orbán’s Presentation of Hungarian Programme Turns Into Left-Wing Mudslinging

Zoltán Kottász October 9, 2024

Ursula von der Leyen and leftist MEPs attacked Hungarian policies instead of engaging with the constructive ideas from the EU council presidency holder.

Starmer Wants UK To Put “Brexit Years Behind Us” and Work “in Lockstep” With Brussels

Michael Curzon October 2, 2024

Labour ministers now privately support signing a youth mobility deal, despite months of claiming otherwise.

Reform UK: Starmer Is Determined To “Drag the UK Back Into the European Union”

Michael Curzon September 26, 2024

Official talks on “resetting” relations will begin in Brussels next week.

Von Der Leyen Announces €35bn Loan Plan for Ukraine Before Winter

TEC News / AFP September 20, 2024

She also pledged support for Ukraine’s energy grid.

Slovenia Ends Deadlock by Finalizing Commissioner Selection

Tamás Orbán September 20, 2024

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.

‘Empress Ursula’ Should Beware the Populist Peasants’ Revolt

Mick Hume September 20, 2024

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.

Von der Leyen Gives Meloni Nominee Consolation Prize in Incoming EU Commission

Tamás Orbán September 17, 2024

As expected, the Patriots–the Parliament’s third largest party group—was completely passed over.

Unprecedented Attack on President von der Leyen: the Cost of Political Horse-Trading

Arkadiusz Mularczyk September 16, 2024

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.

Breton’s Resignation: Competition Among Autocrats

Hélène de Lauzun September 16, 2024

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.

Tag: Ursula von der Leyen

Timetable for Commissioner Candidates’ Parliamentary Hearings Revealed

Orbán’s Presentation of Hungarian Programme Turns Into Left-Wing Mudslinging

Starmer Wants UK To Put “Brexit Years Behind Us” and Work “in Lockstep” With Brussels

Reform UK: Starmer Is Determined To “Drag the UK Back Into the European Union”

Von Der Leyen Announces €35bn Loan Plan for Ukraine Before Winter

Slovenia Ends Deadlock by Finalizing Commissioner Selection

‘Empress Ursula’ Should Beware the Populist Peasants’ Revolt

Von der Leyen Gives Meloni Nominee Consolation Prize in Incoming EU Commission

Unprecedented Attack on President von der Leyen: the Cost of Political Horse-Trading

Breton’s Resignation: Competition Among Autocrats

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