EU: Three top jobs, three scandals
The European Council has agreed on the names that will determine the path of the European Union for the next five years - and all three are surrounded by scandals…
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The European Council has agreed on the names that will determine the path of the European Union for the next five years - and all three are surrounded by scandals…
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni will lack the allies she needs for a blocking majority to deny Ursula von der Leyen a second term as European Commission president,…
Irish government sources feared Ursula von der Leyen would punish its next Brussels Commissioner with a poor appointment, after statements by Fianna Fáil MEPs during…
The European Commission's annual report on rule-of-law in the European Union, usually published in June or July, will be delayed "because the Commission is at a…
According to one pollster, around 300 MEPs had publicly expressed support for another five years of a von der Leyen Commission, around 60 short of the 361 majority…
Most heads of state in the European Union do not want European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen present during some discussions on the future of Europe…
Despite her post-election boast that the European Parliament's centre had "held", sources say the cumulative total of more than 400 'centrist' MEPs is unlikely to…
"There remains a majority in the centre for a strong Europe. In other words, the centre is holding."
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has declared her "victory" in the European Elections at a jubilant European People's Party (EPP) celebration in…
Italy's Mario Draghi would beat incumbent European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen for the top job if European Union citizens could vote on the issue,…
The German government is said to be actively considering whether or not to send a different Commissioner to Brussels following the European Parliament elections…
Right-wingers have for the last year talked, more in hope than in earnest, about a swing to the Right in the European Parliament following next week’s elections.
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has ruled in a way her critics call "presidential.
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European Parliament Liberals have joined Socialists in threatening to abandon European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen as she looks to secure support from…
Outside, a small but vocal group of protesters gathered around a large placard reading "Stop Ursula".
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen is politically a "lame horse", according to a senior politician within the Italian party Forza Italia.
Teresa Ribera, Spain's Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for the Ecological Transition, has attacked European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen for committing…
Ursula von der Leyen looks increasingly likely to fall short of majority support in the European Parliament for her re-appointment
China has signed a new "all-weather" strategic partnership with Hungary amid worsening relations with the European Union.
President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen announced on social media on May 6 that the Commission is closing the Article 7 proceedings against Poland…
"Everybody in Germany especially thought she would be much more successful than she ended up being," Strack Zimmerman remarked
Daniel Caspary, delegation leader with Germany’s Christian Democratic Union (CDU), says his party wants a renewed pact with the European Parliament's centre-left…
If Ursula von der Leyen fails to secure a majority vote in the European Parliament in the next election for President of the Commission, Greek PM Mitsotakis could…
Strack-Zimmermann questioned von der Leyen's suitability for a second term in a speech at a party conference in Berlin on April 27
Ursula von der Leyen is "finished" and will not be reappointed as European Commission president following the June European Parliament elections, according to a…
Reversing an earlier decision not to attend, the embattled EC leader will on April 29 join a debate with the lead candidates (or Spitzenkandidaten) of seven other…
Allies who voted for her in her razor-thin win as EC chief in 2019 are now saying they would prefer a different candidate, and her own European People's Party (EPP)…
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said on Monday her pick for the EU's new business envoy had decided not to take up the post, after critics linked…
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has been criticised by the European Greens group over her aversion to debate.