
Von der Leyen Boosts Her Own Salary—While Pushing EU Further Into Debt
With 30,500 retired staff also benefiting, annual spending on Brussels salaries and allowances is set to exceed €3 billion.

With 30,500 retired staff also benefiting, annual spending on Brussels salaries and allowances is set to exceed €3 billion.

Von der Leyen still called the meeting with Belgian PM “very constructive” and said discussion will continue.

Budapest announced in a press conference that once the decision is formally published, Hungary will challenge it before the European Court of Justice.

Brussels keeps fostering a sense of imminent armed conflict amid mounting internal crises.

The EU’s claim to be a global power player stands exposed as the fantasies of an ageing pretender.

Von der Leyen vows to accelerate plans to tap frozen Russian assets, while MEPs warn the EU is fuelling a war it refuses to help end.

“Europeans must immediately and unconditionally support the peace initiative of the United States,” Orbán wrote in a letter sent to Commission President Ursula von der Leyen.

Von der Leyen’s appeal to Orbán lands just as raids in Kyiv uncover duffel bags of cash and allegations involving senior officials.

The European Commission president plans to use frozen Russian assets and new European loans to finance Kyiv, despite Belgium’s opposition and growing political fatigue within the EU.

The European Commission, acting in the name of the WHO, is pushing a ban that goes far beyond public health—it is another step toward centralisation of power and common taxation.