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...In France, whose president Emmanuel Macron nominated von der Leyen for the job in 2019, the reaction was positive....
...He said von der Leyen backed the plan....
...While von der Leyen herself has kept her counsel, most EU officials and diplomats have long worked on the assumption that she’ll run for another five years....
...As for the Green Deal, von der Leyen said: “We must achieve the climate targets, and we have to do it with the people and with the business sector.”...
...Von der Leyen has said the plans are in “full respect of our obligations under EU and international law” but did not say which country would fit those criteria....
...Von der Leyen last month floated the idea of using the profits to buy weapons for Ukrainian forces, but this suggestion is likely to face opposition from member states, including Viktor Orbán’s Hungary....
...EU is currently also negotiating a closer partnership with Egypt, which includes migration, with a deal expected to be signed in the next weeks during a trip to Cairo by EU commission president Ursula von...
...Additional reporting: Laura Dubois in Brussels...
...Today, our parliament correspondent and I reveal the backroom planning for Ursula von der Leyen’s potential run for another five years as commission president, and Laura hears how Ukrainian refugees could...
...European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen is in Cyprus today for the announcement of a maritime aid corridor to Gaza, in co-operation with the US....
...European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen will travel to Cairo on Sunday with the Greek, Italian and Belgian prime ministers to finalise and announce the agreement....
...Ursula von der Leyen, president of the European Commission, said Thursday’s agreement showed “Europe’s unwavering commitment to supporting Ukraine”....
...Von der Leyen is seeking a second term and will almost certainly need Renew’s support again. But she will also likely need right-wing votes, creating potential policy clashes....
...“I welcome the historic agreement on the pact on migration and asylum,” European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen wrote on the social media platform X....
...“We had a very constructive debate on that issue,” said European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen. “The debate is at its beginning, not at its end.”...
...European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen holds strategic dialogue with farmers....
...Ursula von der Leyen inaugurates European Commission office in Nuuk, Greenland. Polish foreign minister Radek Sikorski speaks at the Warsaw European Conversation....
...Mitsotakis is scheduled to travel to Cairo on Sunday together with commission president Ursula von der Leyen, and his Italian and Belgian counterparts Giorgia Meloni and Alexander De Croo....
...But its publication “was useful to add pressure” on Orbán, one EU diplomat said, adding that there were hopes Von der Leyen “has something in her pocket” at the summit....
...Prime Minister Donald Tusk hails from the same political family as commission president Ursula von der Leyen....
...The accession of Ukraine to the European Union should not depend on a reform the EU treaties, European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen has said....
...In a letter to EU leaders in December, commission president Ursula von der Leyen said it was an “important initiative” and “an example of out-of-the-box thinking, based on fair sharing of responsibilities...
...Northern delights Ursula von der Leyen is heading towards the Arctic Circle on Friday to open a European Commission office in Nuuk, capital of Greenland, writes Andy Bounds....
...Second, political: Sikorski, Landsbergis and Kariņš are members of the European People’s party (EPP) — as is von der Leyen....
...That rhetorical leap underscored the delicate tightrope in managing expectations that von der Leyen deftly walked while in Kyiv....
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