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False claims are circulating on social media that Ursula von der Leyen’s grandparents were Nazis and supporters of Adolf Hitler, but there’s no evidence whatsoever to back this up. This tweet ...
BERLIN (AP) — European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen received the International Charlemagne Prize, an annual award for contributions to European unity, on Thursday as the 27-nation ...
Ursula von der Leyen’s announcement Tuesday of her new European Commission was packed with EU jargon and bluster. There was talk of “intergenerational fairness,” “holistic clusters” and the “spirit of ...
President Trump’s tariffs will rattle countries across the world, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said Tuesday at the European People’s Party annual congress in Valencia.
KANANASKIS, Alberta (Reuters) -More pressure must be exerted on Russia to secure a ceasefire in Ukraine, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said on Sunday, and urged the G7 nations ...
Hungary's ruling party unveiled billboards vilifying European Commission President Ursula Von der Leyen on Monday, the first time it has made her a personal target in a campaign similar to one ...
STRASBOURG (Reuters) - Ursula von der Leyen was reelected by the European Parliament on Thursday for a second five-year term as president of the European Commission, the EU's powerful executive body.
However, the EPP warns that von der Leyen’s plan to streamline EU funding by modelling it on the COVID-19 recovery funds “cannot be the basis for shared management spending post-2027." ...
“Europe is not only a continent of industrial innovation, but also a continent of industrial production,” Ursula von der Leyen, the Commission’s president, said in a statement on Wednesday ...
European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen discussed with China’s Premier Li Qiang the potential oversupply of cheap Chinese goods to the EU, as newly-imposed U.S. tariffs disrupt global ...
This edition of State of the Union focuses on the reelection of Ursula von der Leyen and Roberta Metsola and the state of play of the U.S. presidential campaign. #StateOfTheUnion ...
The Brussels Court of Appeal has rejected Belgian lobbyist Frédéric Baldan's attempt to block Ursula von der Leyen from getting a second term as Commission president.