2024 will be an important year for democracy as Europeans go to the polls at a time when the continent faces major challenges. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said this on Saturday. You were referring to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
“There are elections in Europe, there are elections in the United States. We will do everything we can to ensure that free and open democracies prevail,” Von der Leyen said on Saturday at a meeting of the German parliamentary group of Christian Democrats CDU in Bavaria.
The European Parliament will be re-elected in early June and the US presidential election will be held on 5 November.
Von der Leyen is already looking ahead and says Europe should focus more on defence. “Protection must be a fundamental task of Europe,” he said.
He also mentioned the agreement on European asylum and migration reform. “We have always fulfilled our international obligations. But it is we Europeans who decide who comes to Europe and under what circumstances, and not human traffickers and traffickers,” said the President of the Commission.
The representation of a Commissioner at the European Commission is extremely important for Member States, especially for smaller ones
Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission
Von der Leyen distanced herself from the proposal of the CSU, sister party of the CDU, to reform the European Commission and reduce the number of commissioners from 27 to 7. She underlined the importance of all member states being represented at European level. “The representation of a Commissioner in the European Commission is extremely important for Member States, especially for smaller ones,” she said.
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2024-01-06 19:09:40
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