The European Union should reject European automakers' push to weaken 2025 CO2 car emission targets and related fines, two European electric transport groups wrote in a letter to European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on Friday.
Former colonial powers must apologise and pay compensation for their historic role in the enslavement of Africans, Grenadian Prime Minister Dickon Mitchell told European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen.
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, left, greets U.S. Special Envoy for Ukraine and Russia Keith Kellogg prior to a meeting at EU headquarters in Brussels, Tuesday, Feb. 18,
From left, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and European Council President Antonio Costa pose for a group photo prior to the EU-Canada leaders
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on Tuesday vowed "firm and proportionate countermeasures" in response to President Donald Trump's decision to impose 25% tariffs on steel and aluminum imports.
Failure to secure a “just and lasting peace” for Ukraine would enfeeble not only Europe but also the United States, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen warned Friday.
The European Commission will propose exempting defence from EU limits on government spending, the head of the EU executive, Ursula von der Leyen, said on Friday, amid pressure from U.S. President Donald Trump for Europe to finance its own defence.
Member states will be allowed to substantially increase defense spending without exceeding deficit caps, Ursula von der Leyen told the Munich Security Conference.
It is too early to discuss the potential lifting of European sanctions on Russia. First, Russia must demonstrate with concrete actions that it really seeks peace, stated European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen during a meeting with the media following the Support Ukraine plenary session.
Today it is too early to make any statements about the retention, increase, strengthening or lifting of sanctions against Russia. This was stated at the forum in Kiev on the occasion of the third anniversary of the beginning of SMO by the head of the European