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Open letter from five former Prime Ministers of Japan to the EU on nuclear power
Five former prime ministers of Japan wrote an open letter on 27 January to European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen asking her to review the proposal to consider nuclear energy as a possible alternative to fossil fuels. The reasons…
EU ready to ‘discuss’ coronavirus vaccine patent waivers
Ursula von der Leyen has said the bloc is ready to hold talks over a US-backed proposal to waive patents on COVID-19 vaccines. The Commission had been resisting such calls for months. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said…
A Disenfranchisement Pact
Von der Leyen’s EU Migration Pact replicates illegal Hungarian measures; Western powers already create new reasons for flight. Commission President Ursula von der Leyen’s new EU Migration Pact replicates illegal elements of the notorious Hungarian anti-refugee defense and is sharply…
The EU is on a collision course with Poland over hate crime
In her first state of the union address as president of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen called out hatred and pledged to build “a union of equality”. While European institutions have been at the forefront of fighting hate…
What the EU’s Corona Fundraising Tells us about Global Solidarity
Viewpoint by Inge Kaul The writer, Dr Inge Kaul, is Senior Fellow, Hertie School, Berlin and Non-resident Senior Fellow, Center for Global Development, Washington, DC. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen organized two spectacular fund-raising events, one on May…
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