Gheorghe Piperea accuses Ursula von der Leyen and the European Commission of lack of transparency and improper management during the pandemic ...

June 2025 will be remembered as a watershed, marking the death of the old multilateral approach to global governance. Existing institutions, especially those built on the idea of “the West” (such as ...

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen lost a court fight against attempts to force her to disclose secret text messages with Pfizer’s boss as the bloc was negotiating massive ...

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… ...

In 2023 the Netherlands barred it from selling its most sophisticated kit to China. But America’s relations with Europe would have to become extremely frosty for it to receive the same treatment ...

At 66 years old, von der Leyen falls into a high-risk group for complications from pneumonia. The president was hospitalised for over a week from 2 January to 10 January but continued to fulfil ...

Ursula von der Leyen has been reelected to a second five-year term as president of the European Commission after a vote by EU lawmakers, as the continent’s mainstream seeks to reassert itself in ...

Ms. von der Leyen could also face a disrupted political landscape in Europe, with France and Germany — major E.U. governments — distracted over domestic troubles and facing rising challenges ...

Ursula von der Leyen and Friedrich Merz: Ms von der Leyen needs the support of a majority of the EU’s 27 national leaders to be nominated for a second term as European Commission president.

Von der Leyen was the first European politician to travel to Kyiv after the invasion, and to raise the idea of Ukraine’s accession to the EU. Her commission was also key in preparing against Russia.