Under-fire EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen brands the race for Covid vaccine supplies the new ‘Cold War space race’ – days after her jab strategy was branded ‘really s**t’ by a senior German minister Brussels chief warned against ‘confrontational mindset’ in the vaccine rollout Vaccine rollouts on the Continent have been comparatively sluggish … Read more
Ursula von der Leyen accidentally made the case for Brexit while apologising to Europe for the slow pace of her vaccine roll-out today – admitting that solo countries will be quicker at getting things done. Attempting to justify why the EU signed deals for Covid vaccines weeks or months after the UK, she said on … Read more
Ursula von der Leyen accidentally made the case for Brexit while apologising to Europe for the slow pace of her vaccine roll-out today – admitting that solo countries will be quicker at getting things done. Attempting to justify why the EU signed deals for Covid vaccines weeks or months after the UK, she said on … Read more
A German minister has raged at Ursula von der Leyen’s ‘really s**t’ vaccine strategy and said that Berlin cannot ‘let this s**t repeat itself’ as anger mounts over the EU’s chaotic handling of the roll-out. Vice-chancellor Olaf Scholz attacked von der Leyen by name in a stormy cabinet meeting on Monday, according to Bild. Scholz … Read more
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
‘Parting is such sweet sorrow’: 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 tone was a markedly … 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