Ursula von der leyen articles
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Giorgia Meloni and Ursula von der Leyen, the double act that is steering the EU ever rightwards
As elections loom across the continent, Italy’s prime minister and the commission’s president are in a dubious allianceIt’s rare that an Italian prime minister tops the table in Europe. But with Germany’s Olaf Scholz and France’s Emmanuel Macron facing red cards at home, Spain’s Pedro Sánchez briefly stretchered off, and relegated Rishi Sunak sulking on the bench like Liverpool’s Mo Salah, Giorgia Meloni – post-fascist poster girl turned star centre-forward of the new right – is shooting at an...
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Europe live: Ursula von der Leyen accused of watering down green deal for farmers in European Commission presidential debate – as it happened
Ursula von der Leyen takes part alongside representatives from seven other parties as EU gears up for European parliament electionsThe far-right Identity and Democracy’s representative, Anders Vistisen, wrote on social media ahead of the debate:“The entire EU system has tried to prevent me and the right wing from participating in the EU top candidate debate tonight. They want to exclude right wing votes! They didn’t succeed - so tonight I will tell the truth about the EU’s disaster course...
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Von der Leyen criticises European far right for being ‘Putin’s proxies’
Commission president, who is seeking another term, took aim at group that includes AfD and National Rally in pre-election debateThe European Commission president, Ursula Von der Leyen, has criticised the far right as “Putin’s proxies”, while refusing to rule out working with other rightwing nationalists, as campaigning began ahead of June’s European elections.Von der Leyen is seeking a second five-year term leading the commission, in the looming reshuffle of EU top jobs that follows the European...