European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen mocked the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party's European parliamentary election campaign launch, which has been overshadowed by spying ...

In a Parliament that has repeatedly criticized Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s government, which nominated him, ...

Ursula von der Leyen was backed by Angela Merkel but there ... session of the European Parliament," said Mr Tusk. He said Germany had abstained on Mrs von der Leyen's nomination over coalition ...

journalist Ben Judah has written in a study of Ursula von der Leyen. With her parents and five siblings she moved to Germany aged 13. Family life was comfortable, on a farm near Hanover - Ursula ...

Ursula von der Leyen’s chances of a second term as president ... who was fresh from a failed stint as Germany’s defence minister. He also placed Mr Michel, the former Belgian prime minister ...

As to Germany’s failure to fulfil its defence spending commitments ... They’re not laughing today and nor, one imagines, is ...

After the EPP scored a victory in the European Elections, lead candidate Ursula von der Leyen was in the “pole position” to be re-nominated as president of the European Commission, German ...

Ursula von der Leyen is a German medical doctor and politician who has ... she was appointed Minister for Labour and Social Affairs and in 2013 she became Germany’s first female Defence Minister. In a ...

BRUSSELS — Ursula von der Leyen will propose tougher laws and more plans to deport ... More than half of EU member countries, including France and Germany, asked the EU to toughen up its deportations ...

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen will not attend the landmark ... From Europe, leaders from Czechia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Poland and Spain have said they will attend.