It is too early to discuss the potential lifting of European sanctions on Russia. First, Russia must demonstrate with ...

EU trade confrontation.

During the first-ever visit of a European Commission President to the Caribbean, European Commission President Ursula von der ...

My shorthand description of the annual Munich Security Conference (MSC) has long been: “It’s Davos for security wonks.” MSC’s ...

Ursula von der Leyen is about to face the most serious challenge to her leadership since she became European Commission president six years ago. And it won’t come from Hungary’s Viktor Orbán. It will ...

BRUSSELS — On the day of U.S. President Donald Trump’s inauguration, the communications advisers of EU commissioners received strict instructions from their counterpart in Ursula von der Leyen’s ...

Ursula von der Leyen has adopted the European Union’s time-honoured reform strategy: focus on the art of the possible. That looks like a smart move. But the question remains whether the bloc’s ...

"What we need is, first of all, leadership," European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said before she heads to a weekend summit in Rome of the Group of 20 most developed nations.

Instead, the EU should become the coordinator of multiple unions, each formed by the member states themselves around specific ...

President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen during a press conference on Feb 3, 2025. - john thys/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images European officials need to manage their ...