President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen labeled China a "competitor and a rival" as she delivered her first annual State of the Union speech on Wednesday. Von der Leyen's address reflected on a tough 12 months and outlined the bloc's aims for the ...
And thirdly: We have secured five and a half years of full predictability for our fishing communities and strong tools to incentivize [it] to remain so. Of course, this whole debate has always been about sovereignty. But we should cut through the soundbytes1and ask ourselves what sovereignty ...
European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen outlined flagship initiatives for the European Union (EU) in her State of the Union address yesterday (15 Sept). The EU’s vaccination efforts featured strongly in the address, with Von der Leyen stating
The European Commission's President Ursula von der Leyen addressed the concerns of farmers in a rare reference to the agricultural sector during the EU's annual State of the Union speech.Food and Agricultural Policy Weedkly Briefing
Democracy has the power to quickly spread. But its erosion can happen just as fast. Democracy is freedom. We need to stand up for it. —Ursula von der Leyen 41 Democracy has nothing to do with freedom. Democracy is a soft variant of communism, and rarely in the history of ideas has ...
Boris Johnson does not have the wherewithal to carry out his threat. Ursula von der Leyen and Charles Michel will give him his 24-hour talks and continue to string him along throughout the rest of October with the promise of a deal that will always be just in reach as long as the UK...
and other members of the new Western ruling media class in the form of non-profit organizations — along with Ursula von der Leyen (who could play the role of the school teacher or, rather, head of educational department in Pink Floyd’s The Wall) — are working to ensure that the world...