Ursula Von Der Leyen says she felt ‘hurt and alone’ at meeting with Turkey’s Erdogan

European Commission President Ursula Von der Leyen said she felt hurt and alone when her colleague Charles Michel took the only seat for talks with Turkey’s Erdogan – leaving her perched on a sofa.   The EU chiefs met with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Ankara for talks on tense EU-Turkey relations earlier this month.  … Read more

Charles Michel admits he ‘hasn’t slept well at night’ after Ursula von der Leyen ‘sofagate’

European Council President Charles Michel said he can’t sleep at night because of a humiliating seating gaffe that relegated the female EU commissioner to a sofa during a meeting on women’s rights. Ursula Von der Leyen, the first female president of the European Commission, expressed surprise and raised a hand in disbelief when she found … Read more

Ursula von der Leyen ‘refused to sign’ world leaders’ pandemic plea

J. V. Bainimarama, prime minister of Fiji Antonio Luis Santos da Costa, prime minister of Portugal Klaus Iohannis, president of Romania Boris Johnson, UK Prime Minister,  Paul Kagame, president of Rwanda Uhuru Kenyatta, president of Kenya Emmanuel Macron, president of France Angela Merkel, chancellor of Germany Charles Michel, president of the European Council Kyriakos Mitsotakis, … Read more

Desperate Von Der Leyen insists EU could STILL block AstraZeneca vaccine exports to UK

European Union chief Ursula von der Leyen has insisted that AstraZeneca must ‘catch-up’ on its deliveries to the Continent before it is allowed to export vaccines to the UK. EU leaders stopped short of voting for an explicit export ban amid bitter squabbling over their dose allocations at a crunch virtual summit hosted by Brussels … Read more

Ursula von der Leyen threatens to halt exports of vaccines if bloc doesn’t get its deliveries first

Ursula von der Leyen has threatened to halt exports of AstraZeneca vaccines if the EU does not receive its deliveries first, in a worsening row over delayed shipments that has caused international tensions. The EU chief told the British-Swedish pharmaceutical company it has to come through on deliveries to the bloc.  In an interview with … Read more

EU vaccine rollout: Ursula von der Leyen apologises for late action

Ursula von der Leyen today issued a grovelling apology for the EU’s vaccine shambles, admitting the bloc acted ‘late’ and was ‘over-confident’ Ursula von der Leyen today issued a grovelling apology for the EU’s vaccine shambles, admitting the bloc acted ‘late’ and was ‘over-confident’.  The European commission president also conceded its rollout was still not … Read more

Ursula von der Leyen issues grovelling apology over EU vaccine shambles

Ursula von der Leyen today issued a grovelling apology for the EU’s vaccine shambles, admitting the bloc acted ‘late’ and was ‘over-confident’ Ursula von der Leyen today issued a grovelling apology for the EU’s vaccine shambles, admitting the bloc acted ‘late’ and was ‘over-confident’.  The European commission president also conceded its rollout was still not … Read more

Ursula von der Leyen lashes out at Boris Johnson’s ‘space race’ on vaccines

Ursula von der Leyen lashes out at Boris Johnson’s ‘space race’ approach to vaccines as bitter German minister points to UK’s higher death rate and ‘endless suffering’ Ursula von der Leyen swiped at the ‘space race’ approach on vaccines at summit EU and UK have clashed over supplies as bloc struggles with its chaotic rollout … Read more

Ursula von der Leyen brands the race for Covid vaccine supplies the new ‘Cold War space race’

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 brands the race for Covid vaccine supplies the new ‘Cold War space race’

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