Ursula von der Leyen
The problem with the EU’s messianic treatment of Poland
Mateusz Morawiecki insists his government does not want to take Poland out of the EU. ‘Eighty-eight per cent of Poles…
Von der Leyen is the real winner of the German elections
The bald guy who leads the Social Democrats. The earnest looking Green lady. Or perhaps the guy in the charcoal-grey…
Why is the EU attending the butcher of Tehran’s inauguration?
At the beginning of the year Donald Trump’s Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo, was forced to hastily cancel a diplomatic…
UK slams EU over 'completely false' vaccine claims
Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab has blasted claims by a senior Eurocrat that the UK is hampering the bloc’s vaccine rollout,…
From bread to Kate Bingham: the evolution of ‘nimble’
‘I’ll stick to being Brazilian,’ said my husband. It was a family joke. Every time a politician on the radio…
Von der Leyen has learnt nothing from the EU's vaccine fiasco
As non-apology apologies go, it was right up there with the best of them. Speaking to MEPs today, the president…
The disconnect of Davos Man
You may have missed Ursula von der Leyen’s big speech at Davos last week. Most people did. Perhaps because Davos…
Ursula von der Leyen has always left a trail of disaster
The German Army had to join a NATO exercise with broomsticks because they didn’t have any rifles. It’s special forces…
The EU is taking a gamble with China
It took Brussels and Beijing seven years to agree an investment deal. A deal that, until its conclusion a few…
At last: we have a Brexit deal
Boris Johnson and Ursula von der Leyen have both confirmed that we have a deal: one with zero tariffs, zero quotas. The…
Brexit talks go down to the wire
After the past few years, it is hard to take Brexit deadlines seriously; they have a tendency to always slide…
Le crunch: are the Brexit talks doomed before they begin?
Two irreconcilable versions of Brexit are about to collide
Germany’s military has become a complete joke
It is not hard to think of times when German military weakness would have been lauded as good news across…
