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Ursula von der Leyen

News

March 18th, 2025

Arms procurement: EU plans task force with Ukraine.

The EU is working on an alternative to NATO military aid coordination for Ukraine. This is because there are fears that US President Trump wants to force an end to the arms aid.

By Stephan Israel

News

March 11th, 2025

South Africa summit: How the EU wants to strengthen relations with its partners

The EU wants to strengthen the "strategic partnership" with South Africa at the summit in Cape Town. The plan is more than just a sign of solidarity with the country, which is particularly affected by the Trump administration's cuts to USAID.

By Stephan Israel

News

March 4th, 2025

Car Action Plan: Commission wants to create regulation for autonomous driving in 2026

Ursula von der Leyen's announcements on fines are included in the Car Action Plan, which the College of Commissioners intends to adopt today. It also deals with how the EU industry is to become the market leader in autonomous driving.

By Markus Grabitz

Feature

March 4th, 2025

ReArm Europe: How member states can spend more on defense

The Commission aims to encourage member states to increase defense spending through subsidized loans and a limited relaxation of EU debt rules. In Berlin, the potential coalition partners agree to exempt defense spending from the debt brake.

News

March 3rd, 2025

Special summit: How von der Leyen plans to support the armament of the member states

Just in time for the special summit, Commission President Ursula von der Leyen presents options on how the armaments efforts of the member states could be supported. An instrument based on the model of the SURE program is to play an important role in this.

By Stephan Israel

Feature

March 3rd, 2025

Car action plan: manufacturers get more time to meet strict climate targets

Car manufacturers do not have to comply with the stricter carbon fleet limits as early as 2025. However, if they do meet them, they will have to do even better in the following years. The Commission wants to make this proposal this month in order to avert fines of up to €16 billion for failing to meet climate targets.

By Markus Grabitz

News

February 28th, 2025

Auto dialog: What the action plan to save the industry will look like

The Commission has sent a paper to the participants of the Strategic Dialogue on Cars in preparation for the final round on Monday. Demands from manufacturers and suppliers, for example to avert the penalties and end the phase-out of combustion engines, are not addressed. The industry is disillusioned.

By Markus Grabitz

Analyse

February 18th, 2025

Ukraine: Why Zelenskiy canceled his trip to Riyadh

The Ukrainian president criticizes the exclusion of his country at the start of the Russian-American negotiations. In Brussels, US special envoy Kellogg refused to give the EU leadership any assurances about the future role of the Europeans at the negotiating table.

By Stephan Israel

News

February 11th, 2025

AI Action Summit: Vance does not sign final declaration

The USA made its position clear at the AI Action Summit in Paris: America wants to remain the leader in AI, said Vice-President Vance. Commission President von der Leyen pointed out the European path and announced billions more to be invested in AI.

By Corinna Visser

Feature

December 9th, 2024

Commission: fewer lobby meetings under von der Leyen

An analysis of the EU Transparency Register shows that the Commission under von der Leyen met significantly less often with interest groups than under Juncker. There are also significant differences between the Commissioners.