Europe must assert its independence by significantly increasing defense spending and admitting Ukraine into the European ...

EU chief Ursula von der Leyen called for a “truly independent Europe” at a time of seismic change on the world stage, as she ...

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen receives the Charlemagne Prize in Aachen, 29 May 2025 ...

Despite grand plans, the European Union’s hoped-for rearmament remains fully dependent on member nations stepping up their ...

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has received the International Charlemagne Prize. The annual award is ...

Ursula von der Leyen discusses the ongoing crises in Europe, including the war in Ukraine, the transatlantic relationship, and the need for a new European Union to shape the emerging world order.

Ursula von der Leyen is trying to ensure that if the international trading system is remade, the E.U. is at the center of what comes next. By Jeanna Smialek Reporting from Brussels President Trump ...

President Donald Trump's withdrawal of support for Ukraine has up-ended EU relations with the US in her first 100 days, and prompted pledges to ramp up defence spending. Ursula von der Leyen has ...

The official, Ursula von der Leyen, president of the European Commission, the European Union’s executive branch, set out a broad but vague proposal to ramp up European defense spending by as ...

Ursula von der Leyen's ninth visit to Kyiv since the start of the full-scale invasion to meet with Volodymyr Zelenskyy comes amid US attempts to negotiate end to war bilaterally with Russia.

Ursula von der Leyen is about to face the most serious challenge to her leadership since she became European Commission president six years ago. And it won’t come from Hungary’s Viktor Orbán. It will ...

BRUSSELS — On the day of U.S. President Donald Trump’s inauguration, the communications advisers of EU commissioners received strict instructions from their counterpart in Ursula von der Leyen’s ...