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Messages over COVID vaccines have cast a shadow over Ursula von der Leyen's presidency and the European Commission's ...
Two-thirds of the votes cast are required to force the President and the Commissioners to resign, which has happened only ...
A German conservative politician, Ms. von der Leyen was confirmed after a decisive approval vote at the Parliament on Thursday. She secured 401 votes in favor — 40 more than the 361 required for ...
Von der Leyen arguably got a running head start on her European path. She was born in 1958 as one of seven children of Ernst Albrecht, a senior civil servant at the inception in the 1950s of the ...
Von der Leyen promised to cut red tape, attract more investment, protect jobs, lower housing costs and boost defense spending across the EU. Her pro-business speech lines up with policies of the ...
STRASBOURG, France — Lawmakers at the European Parliament on Thursday reelected Ursula von der Leyen to a second five-year term as president of the European Union’s executive commission ...
STRASBOURG (Reuters) - Ursula von der Leyen was reelected by the European Parliament on Thursday for a second five-year term as president of the European Commission, the EU's powerful executive body.
U.S President Donald Trump and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen agreed on Saturday during a short exchange on the sidelines of Pope Francis’ funeral to meet at a later stage… ...
Ursula von der Leyen vowed on Thursday to not weaken Europe's efforts to tackle climate change, if she wins a second five-year term as President of the European Commission, the EU's most powerful ...
If von der Leyen is so persuasive vis-a-vis smaller countries, maybe she should also be bolder when it comes to larger, richer and older member states.
BERLIN (AP) — European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen received the International Charlemagne Prize, an annual award for contributions to European unity, on Thursday as the 27-nation ...