Calling the sanctions “robust” and “hard-biting,” von der Leyen said the Russian economy was already buckling under the pressure of the EU’s past measures and the new package would ...

Freund described von der Leyen's response to Euractiv as inadequate: there must also be more transparency regarding lobbying from outside the EU. In May, the Parliament tightened its lobbying rules.

The court's decision was hailed as a victory for transparency, but von der Leyen has not made the text messages public. "Well, it's a scandal, let's be honest," Aubry says.

On Brexit, Mr Barnier accused Ms von der Leyen of treating the future of European fishermen as expendable in the rush to finalise a deal with the UK.He said: “Fishing became a secondary ...

Though Barnier and von der Leyen belong to the same political family, the conservative European People’s Party, they have bad blood that dates back to the last days of the Brexit negotiations.

BRUSSELS - The European Union (EU) is preparing its 18th package of "hard-biting" sanctions targeting Russia's energy revenues, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said on Monday.

Von der Leyen and Graham also discussed the issue of 20,000 Ukrainian children abducted by Russia and possible further pressure on Moscow. Regarding the ongoing transatlantic tariff dispute, both ...

Ursula von der Leyen has endorsed a new bill rapidly making its way through the US Senate that would impose sweeping sanctions against Russia in a bid to force the Kremlin into serious ...

Von der Leyen "welcomed that Senator Graham committed to ramping up pressure on Russia and moving ahead with the [sanctions] bill in the Senate next week". The European Commission reiterated that the ...

EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and U.S. President Donald Trump agreed last week to “accelerate talks” on a deal, but that if those trade negotiations fail “then we are also ...

On Monday morning, von der Leyen met Republican U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham in Berlin to discuss EU-U.S. coordination on sanctions against Russia. The EU is currently preparing its 18th package of ...

The astonishing case of Ursula von der Leyen. It is one of life’s guilty pleasures when one’s cynical prejudices are confirmed. One such moment, when I allowed myself a long, hard laugh, came as the ...