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Downing Street today slapped down Ursula von der Leyen after she accused Britain of compromising on coronavirus vaccine safety and claimed the EU’s slower approval process was the ‘right decision’. Number 10 said experts at the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) had been ‘very clear that no corners were cut, no stones were left unturned’ … Read more
Ursula von der Leyen threw her deputy leader under the bus over the EU vaccine shambles on Monday, as Jean-Claude Juncker condemned her export ban bid. The European Commission president pinned the fiasco – that saw Brussels threaten to implement a hard border on the island of Ireland – on Valdis Dombrovskis, the European Commissioner for Trade. … Read more
Her rise to the presidency of the EU Commission was confirmation of the old maxim that you only ascend the heights of Brussels politics after first proving your incompetence at home – and the six years Ursula von der Leyen served as Chancellor Angela Merkel’s defence minister were widely considered a disaster. But yesterday even … Read more
Ursula von der Leyen has been accused of hypocrisy for using private jets on nearly half her worldwide missions. The European Commission chief has touted a new ‘green deal’, insisting member states must go carbon-neutral by 2050. But a Daily Mail analysis reveals she ordered ‘air taxis’ for seven of her 16 official trips since … Read more
‘To make an end is to make a beginning’: How Ursula von der Leyen quoted Shakespeare and T.S. Eliot to strike a sombre tone at EU press conference announcing Brexit deal European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen sounded despondent She quoted William Shakespeare, The Beatles and poet TS Eliot in her speech Her sombre … Read more
Hotline to a Brexit deal: Boris Johnson and Ursula von der Leyen hold regular secret phone calls as they try to nail down a compromise on fishing Boris Johnson has established a ‘hotline’ to Ursula von der Leyen in recent days Pair are understood to have held regular secret phone calls in the last 48 … Read more
Hotline to a Brexit deal: Boris Johnson and Ursula von der Leyen hold regular secret phone calls as they try to nail down a compromise on fishing Boris Johnson has established a ‘hotline’ to Ursula von der Leyen in recent days Pair are understood to have held regular secret phone calls in the last 48 … Read more
Boris Johnson and Ursula von der Leyen held secret Brexit trade talks over the phone yesterday as the EU and the UK ‘inch closer to a compromise on crunch issue of fishing’ Boris Johnson and Ursula von der Leyen discussed Brexit in phone call yesterday Previously undisclosed phone call came amid signs of progress on … Read more
Boris Johnson and Ursula von der Leyen will discuss the state of post-Brexit trade talks in a crunch phone call this evening. The Prime Minister is expected to speak to the President of the European Commission at 7pm UK time. The conversation has been billed as a ‘stocktake’ rather than the moment of breakthrough or … Read more
‘There is a path to a deal’: Ursula von der Leyen raises hopes of the UK and the EU striking a post-Brexit trade accord but warns the crunch issue of fishing rights may NEVER be resolved Ursula von der Leyen said the path to a post-Brexit trade deal is ‘very narrow’ European Commission chief said … Read more