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It is testing EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen's aim to build a 'geopolitical Commission' with Brussels adopting more muscular policies...
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In her annual State of the EU speech on 16 September the offer of investment in green energy and new promises on vaccine supply were the only mentions of Africa made by European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen (AC Vol 61 No 5 Newish but not radical)...
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Vol 62 No 18 |
- AFRICA
- COVID-19
Vaccine manufacture in Africa was on the agenda of the Compact with Africa summit led by President Paul Kagame of Rwanda President Macky Sall of Senegal and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on 27 August...
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Also due to attend are the European Union Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and the EU Council's Charles Michel...
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France and Germany have been highly critical of the plan and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said 'In the short and medium term the IP waiver will not solve the problems...
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Vol 62 No 10 |
- AFRICA
- HEALTH
At a European Union summit last week EU President Ursula von der Leyen said the grouping was open to discuss the US-backed waiver but more needed to be done to back exports from rich countries...
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The EU's €1 trillion Green Deal project sits at the heart of Ursula von der Leyen's European Commission Presidency but the bloc wants to export its climate change policy and make it central to its relationship with Africa...
Closer agreement on development assistance and its goals between the European Union and Africa was one of the first foreign policy initiatives to come out of President Ursula von der Leyen's European Commission...
Vol 61 No 12 |
- AFRICA
- COVID-19
4bn at a digital fundraiser to raise money for developing a coronavirus vaccine and treatments under the heading of the Access to Covid-19 Tools Accelerator hosted by European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen...
Vol 61 No 7 |
- AFRICA
- COVID-19
European UnionAfter initial reactions to the crisis exposed divisions between wealthier northern members of the bloc and their southern counterparts European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen convened a virtual meeting of EU heads of government on 26 March to discuss plans for financial relief for the hardest hit member states...