Ursula Gertrud von der Leyen

Reynders had hoped for a second term in Ursula von der Leyen's EU Commission but was replaced as Belgium's nominee by Hadja Lahbib...

The new EU Commission led by German conservative Ursula von der Leyen is likely to offer African states little beyond more investment in green energy and infrastructure and cash for migration control and officials in Brussels have warned of major budget cuts to the EU's network of embassies (AC Vol 65 No 16 Imagination deficit limits continental ties)...

Days later in October European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen a German Christian Democrat announced a one year delay to implement the law to January 2026...

Outgoing US President Joe Biden re-elected European Union President Ursula von der Leyen India's Narendra Modi and Russia's Vladimir Putin aren't due to attend...

After celebrating Africa as Europe's ‘sister' continent as she campaigned for a second five-year term as European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen devoted just a couple of paragraphs on EU-Africa relations in her 32-page manifesto in June...

Last September President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen championed Europe's 'Green New Deal' to achieve net zero by 2050 but criticised Chinese EV manufacturers who she accused of having ‘flooded' the world market with ‘cheaper electric cars … their price is kept artificially low by huge state subsidies' (AC Special Report China Europe and the US mull tariff war amid scramble for Africa's green minerals)...

Top of the priority list on Africa policy for German Christian Democrat Ursula von der Leyen who won a second term as President of the European Commission on 18 July will be migration control and access to critical minerals...

A day after German Chrisitian Democrat Ursula von der Leyen secured her second term as President of the European Commission on 18 July one of her closest partners in Africa Tunisia's president Kaïs Saïed announced he would be running for another term in presidential elections on 6 October...

The 29-30 June summit which was the first international trip by European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen a German Christian Democrat since she was nominated for a second term at an inter-governmental meeting in Brussels two days earlier...

‘China Russia and the Middle East understand the opportunities in Africa too… The G7's offer needs to be better ' said European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen before adding that ‘Africa is increasingly realising the meaning of the small prints of Chinese investments across the continent...