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    • Saturday, 24 February, 2024
      War in Ukraine
      Nato chief says it is inevitable Ukraine will join defence alliance

      Western leaders pledge to support Kyiv on second anniversary of Russia’s invasion as doubts over US aid mount

      Volodymyr Zelenskyy, right, and Giorgia Meloni speak at Hostomel airport
    • Friday, 23 February, 2024
      Poland
      EU to start unfreezing Poland’s funds next week

      Ursula von der Leyen says Warsaw made ‘decisive’ steps to restore rule of law

      Donald Tusk and Ursula von der Leyen in front of a podium
    • Thursday, 22 February, 2024
      Europe Express
      Why von der Leyen is focusing on security ahead of EU elections Premium content

      Also in this newsletter: the arcane process to choose the host of the EU’s anti-money laundering agency

      European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, centre, leaves a press conference at the European parliament in Brussels
    • Monday, 19 February, 2024
      Von der Leyen kicks off campaign for second term at Brussels’ helm

      European Commission president to pledge to boost defence spending, business competitiveness and green policies

      Ursula von der Leyen
    • Monday, 19 February, 2024
      Europe Express
      Why von der Leyen’s nomination kick-starts the EU election campaign Premium content

      Also in this newsletter: should Brussels let farmers use more poo on their fields?

      Ursula von der Leyen
    • Thursday, 15 February, 2024
      Interview
      Von der Leyen calls on EU to subsidise defence production

      Brussels must fortify sector for a ‘rougher world’, commission president warns in interview with FT

      Ursula von der Leyen
    • Wednesday, 7 February, 2024
      Europe Express
      The political motives behind von der Leyen’s green agenda U-turn Premium content

      Also in this newsletter: Is Nato practising for war with Russia?

      Ursula von der Leyen
    • Friday, 19 January, 2024
      Europe Express
      How AI, Ukraine and election fears shaped the EU’s Davos Premium content

      Also in this newsletter: Ukraine to get its first seat in an EU institution

      French President Emmanuel Macron (left) talks to OpenAI CEO Sam Altman
    • Wednesday, 17 January, 2024
      War in Ukraine
      EU lawmakers revolt against Brussels caving into Orbán’s ‘blackmail’

      European parliament threatens legal action over Ursula von der Leyen’s decision to unfreeze €10bn for Budapest

      European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen attends a debate at the European parliament
    • Wednesday, 17 January, 2024
      Europe Express
      Von der Leyen’s backers push for a rubber stamp on her second term Premium content

      Also in this newsletter: Why Ukrainians fleeing the war could help Europe plug labour shortages

      Ursula von der Leyen
    • Thursday, 21 December, 2023
      European Union
      EU chief von der Leyen backs proposal to reintroduce wolf hunting

      European Commission president accused of sacrificing animal to placate powerful farming lobby

      A grey wolf in the Bavarian Forest National Park in Germany
    • Thursday, 7 December, 2023
      EU-China relations
      China dismisses EU trade deficit concerns as leaders meet

      Xi Jinping holds ‘candid’ talks with heads of European Commission and EU Council in Beijing

      EU Council president Charles Michel, left, with Xi Jinping and Ursula von der Leyen in Beijing on Thursday
    • Sunday, 3 December, 2023
      COP28
      The case for carbon pricing: the heads of the IMF, WTO and EC write

      Kristalina Georgieva, Ursula von der Leyen and Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala say COP must deliver a robust benchmark for co-operation on international carbon markets

      A man kooks at a digital display at an exhibition by the Andrey Melnichenko Foundation during the COP28 UN climate summit in Dubai
    • Thursday, 9 November, 2023
      Europe Express
      How Bosnia got an EU membership boost with a little help from its friends Premium content

      Also in this newsletter: The EU’s capital markets are losing competitiveness, industry warns

    • Monday, 6 November, 2023
      Europe Express
      How von der Leyen managed Ukraine’s EU membership hopes Premium content

      Also in this newsletter: Why South Korea questioned the EU’s stance on state aid

      Ursula von der Leyen and Volodomyr Zelenskyy in front of the Ukraine and EU falgs
    • Saturday, 4 November, 2023
      War in Ukraine
      Von der Leyen vows to keep on funding Ukraine

      European commission president backs country’s EU membership ambition during visit to Kyiv

    • Thursday, 2 November, 2023
      Europe Express
      Why Ursula von der Leyen needs the Balkans to believe in EU membership Premium content

      Also in this newsletter: Giorgia Meloni’s awkward phone prank

      Ursula von der Leyen attends a meeting with members of Bosnia and Herzegovina’s tripartite presidency in Sarajevo
    • Friday, 15 September, 2023
      Europe Express
      Why Brussels wants Mario Draghi to fix the EU’s competitiveness woes Premium content

      Also in this newsletter: How an ex Goldman Sachs analyst plans to take over Greece’s leftwing opposition

      Ursula von der Leyen standing next to Mario Draghi
    • Wednesday, 13 September, 2023
      European Commission
      Von der Leyen lays out pro-business pitch ahead of EU elections

      German politician needs support of industry-friendly European People’s party to secure second term

      Ursula von der Leyen
    • Wednesday, 13 September, 2023
      Europe Express
      Why von der Leyen wants to talk about the EU economy Premium content

      Also in this newsletter: Austria’s former spy chief  warns of Russian meddling

      Ursula von der Leyen
    • Wednesday, 30 August, 2023
      Europe Express
      Why the EU’s new climate commissioner faces a parliamentary grilling Premium content

      Also in this newsletter: Why is Germany demolishing wind turbines to dig up more coal?

      Wopke Hoestra
    • Sunday, 16 July, 2023
      EU immigration
      Tunisia agrees deal with EU to tackle Mediterranean migration routes

      Brussels to provide €100mn to strengthen border controls as numbers crossing to Italy by boat double in a year

      Tunisia’s Maritime National Guard intercepts a boat trying to cross the Mediterranean Sea
    • Wednesday, 12 July, 2023
      Climate change
      EU rewilding plan survives centre-right challenge

      Key pillar of Green Deal approved after members from Ursula von der Leyen’s EPP rebel against move to veto bill

      Climate activist Greta Thunberg, centre, takes part in a demonstration in support of the Nature Restoration Law at the European parliament in Strasbourg on Tuesday
    • Wednesday, 5 July, 2023
      Brexit
      UK and EU edge towards deal for Britain to rejoin Horizon programme

      British ministers are hoping to finalise agreement on participation in science research scheme this month

      Test tubes in lab
    • Thursday, 29 June, 2023
      Climate legislation
      Von der Leyen at odds with her party over green rules

      European People’s party calls for moratorium on new environmental legislation

      Ursula von der Leyen
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