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...Frankfurt-based asset manager DWS and Union Investment told the FT they also planned to vote in favour of the two chairs....
...Markus Pieper, who, like von der Leyen, comes from Germany’s Christian Democratic Union party, was appointed in January despite achieving lower scores than two other applicants during the appointment process...
...Context: Von der Leyen is the “lead candidate” for the centre-right European People’s party, which is forecast to win the June 6-9 election....
...But von der Leyen needs a majority of MEPs to endorse her and in 2019 she passed by only nine votes....
...Friedrich Merz, leader of von der Leyen’s party, the centre-right Christian Democratic Union, said the CDU’s executive had agreed unanimously to put her forward as the EPP’s top candidate in the June election...
...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....
...European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen has embraced a UK-style immigration plan that would force people claiming asylum in the EU to settle outside the union....
...He said von der Leyen backed the plan....
...Since announcing her intention to run for a second term at the helm of the EU executive, von der Leyen has made defence a central part of her re-election campaign....
...Friedrich Merz, head of Germany’s Christian Democratic Union, said on Monday that von der Leyen would be his party’s nominee as the spitzenkandidat — or lead candidate — for the position for the European...
...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.”...
...Greenlash Ursula von der Leyen won her first term by embracing green policies. Her expected bid for a second one involves dumping them, write Andy Bounds and Alice Hancock....
...A spokesman for von der Leyen declined to comment....
...“The concentration of wolf packs in some European regions has become a real danger especially for livestock,” von der Leyen said in a statement....
...He also called on von der Leyen to do more to help farmers cope with EU green legislation....
...“The underdevelopment of a capital markets union is contributing to the medium-term growth ambitions of Europe being lower than we want and need,” eurogroup president Paschal Donohoe told the FT....
...European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen has also called for subsidies to boost European defence production....
...Orbán, who is unlikely to endorse von der Leyen, continues to oppose the idea of using the EU budget to send €50bn in grants and loans to Kyiv....
...For countries moving at different speeds, the Paris Agreement sketched out how exchanging carbon credits could complement national pricing instruments....
...What to watch today European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen visits Finnish Prime Minister Petteri Orpo....
...“The democratic fundaments of the union are already weak and will be further weakened if such far-reaching proposals are only put forward after the elections....
...That rhetorical leap underscored the delicate tightrope in managing expectations that von der Leyen deftly walked while in Kyiv....
...We will testify to this next week when the commission will present its report,” von der Leyen said alongside Zelenskyy after their meeting. “You have reached many milestones . . ....
...Her office confirmed the embarrassing incident and explained that an “imposter posing as the president of the Commission of the African Union” managed to mislead the office of the diplomatic adviser and...
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