URSULA VON DER LEYEN has been warned that China just wants the EU to be "Switzerland on steroids" after Brussels secured a controversial deal with Beijing. [174] In November 2019, at Paris Peace Forum, von der Leyen said that there is need for stable and responsible leadership in Europe and that the bloc must increase foreign policy budget spending by one-third. "[72], After Hungary used a water cannon and tear gas to drive asylum seekers back from the Hungarian-Serbian border on September 2015, during the European migrant crisis, von der Leyen publicly criticized the government of Prime Minister Viktor Orbán and called the measures "not acceptable and [...] against the European rules that we have. [29], In 1980, she switched to studying medicine and enrolled at the Hannover Medical School, where she graduated in 1987 and acquired her medical license. [75][76] After Bundeswehr officials failed to properly investigate persistent reports of brutal hazing rituals, sexual humiliation, and bullying in military training, von der Leyen fired the army's training commander, Major General Walter Spindler, in 2017. [52] In 2013, she concluded an agreement with the Government of the Philippines that was aimed at helping Filipino health care professionals to gain employment in Germany. Ursula Von der Leyen's assessment came as the bloc's death toll passed a landmark of 500,000(AP) world news Ursula von der Leyen says EU was late, over-confident on vaccine rollout She was born and raised in Brussels to German parents. [59] She is the only minister to remain with Merkel since she became chancellor in 2005. [152][153] One striking example was the decision in September 2014 to send arms to Kurdish and Iraqi security forces. [58], In 2013, Ursula von der Leyen was appointed as Germany's first female defence minister. Her great-great-grandfather George Alexander Albrecht moved to Bremen in the 19th century, where he became a wealthy cotton merchant, part of the Hanseatic elite and the Austro-Hungarian Consul from 1895. Lapsus językowy? European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said she hoped incoming U.S. President Joe Biden would join forces with the European Union to … On the 60th anniversary of the founding of Israel, von der Leyen participated in the first joint cabinet meeting of the governments of Germany and Israel in Jerusalem in March 2008. Ursula von der Leyen was sitting in her converted flat next to her office in the EU's palatial HQ in Berlaymont when the phone started ringing. Von der Leyen’s visions aren’t necessarily original (many of them predate her tenure). [171], Following the 2016 European Union membership referendum in the United Kingdom, she argued that the UK had "paralysed" European efforts to integrate security policy and "consistently blocked everything with the label 'Europe' on it. After graduating as a physician from the Hannover Medical School in 1987, she specialized in women's health. This decision broke a longstanding taboo on Germany's dispatching of weapons to a conflict zone. [116], In March 2020 von der Leyen's Commission turned down the idea of suspending the Schengen free travel zone in order to introduce border controls around Italy, at that time the European centre of the coronavirus pandemic,[123][124][125] The decision drew criticism from some European politicians. [64] In September 2015, she signalled that she was open to delaying the withdrawal of 850 German soldiers from Afghanistan beyond 2016 after the Taliban's surprise seizure of the northern city of Kunduz. [16], In 1986, she married physician Heiko von der Leyen, a member of the von der Leyen family that made a fortune as silk merchants and was ennobled in 1786; her husband became a professor of medicine and the CEO of a medical engineering company. Ursula von der Leyen Watch: EU Chief admits mistakes were made over vaccine rollout The president of the European Commission has admitted “mistakes were made” over the EU’s chaotic vaccine rollout, which saw Brussels threaten to set up a hard … In 1819 the principality's holdings were mediatized under Baden, although the title is still being nominally held by House von der Leyen. [150], In 2013, von der Leyen unsuccessfully campaigned for a statutory quota for female participation in the supervisory boards of companies in Germany, requiring company boards to be at least 20% female by 2018, rising to 40% by 2023. Von der Leyen is under particular fire in the media in Germany, where she previously served as defence minister and where some prominent politicians question the EU’s vaccine strategy. [109], When she lived in Brussels, her little sister Benita-Eva died of cancer at the age of eleven and she remembered "the enormous helplessness of my parents" in view of the cancer, which she cited as one of her reasons in 2019 that her EU Commission "to take the lead in the fight against cancer".[110]. Germany sees Ukraine and Russia as a chance to prove that in the 21st century, developed nations should solve disputes at the negotiating table, not with weapons, she said. Catholic Bishop Walter Mixa accused von der Leyen of turning women into "birthing machines". In addition to its scattered territories the family acquired the lordships of Burresheim and Blieskastel before 1660, where it built a residence around 1760. Ursula von der Leyen faced calls to immediately resign this week as MEPs turned on Brussels’ chaotic leadership. [151], Von der Leyen is a proponent of a more assertive foreign policy. ", https://www.elmundo.es/loc/celebrities/2019/07/04/5d1cce99fdddffcc138b457e.html, "Reit-EM: Von der Leyen macht im Sattel eine gute Figur", "LSE alumna Ursula von der Leyen elected EU Commission head", "Ursula von der Leyen, nominee for EU top job, lived in London under alias to escape Baader-Meinhof gang", "'Heir to Angela Merkel' appointed Germany's first female defence minister", https://www.zeit.de/2016/26/ursula-von-der-leyen-brexit-london, "Who is Germany's Ursula von der Leyen, the surprise candidate set to take the EU's top job? [142], Ursula von der Leyen advocated the initiation of a mandatory blockage of child pornography on the Internet through service providers via a block list maintained by the Federal Criminal Police Office of Germany (BKA), thus creating the necessary infrastructure for extensive censorship of websites deemed illegal by the BKA. At the height of the fear of communist terrorism in West Germany, she fled to London in 1978 after her family was told that the Red Army Faction (RAF) was planning to kidnap her due to her being the daughter of a prominent politician. [130] Slightly less than a month later the Greek prime minister asked for sanctions against Turkey, citing von der Leyen's stance over Belarus as an obvious precedent,[131] but von der Leyen explained that Turkey and Belarus are "two different situations".[132]. Timmermans has previously been one of the "lead candidates" (German: Spitzenkandidat) for the Commission's presidency. "[173] In an interview with The Guardian days after her election to succeed Jean-Claude Juncker as President of the European Commission, she stated that the withdrawal deal agreed between Theresa May and chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier would remain the basis of any future talks. In 1697 Freiherr Karl Caspar received the county of Hohengeroldseck as a fiefdom from Austria. [154] She also called for more significant NATO backing of the Baltic states amid the Crimean dispute. 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The house von der Leyen is an ancient German noble family of princely and historically sovereign rank. Germany lobbies India to buy Eurofighters, submarines, "Surge in German arms sales to Saudi Arabia and Turkey", "Germany's Angela Merkel makes arms export pact with France", "Merkel eyes relief for German taxpayers", "Merkel's Surprise: A Woman in Charge of Defense", "Merkel takes oath of office, begins third term", "Seeking Global Role, German Military Stumbles", "German defence ministry and arms industry come under fire", An interview with NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg. Von der Leyen is a member of the centre-right Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and its EU counterpart, the European People's Party (EPP). Following Scandinavian models, the scheme reserves two additional months for fathers who go on parental leave as well (Vätermonate in German). [36][37], The university decided not to revoke von der Leyen's medical degree. [177], In 2019 and again in 2020, Forbes listed her as the fourth most powerful woman in the world. There is a common thread running through the career of Ursula von der Leyen, the President of the European Commission. Upon completing her doctoral studies, she graduated as a Doctor of Medicine in 1991. From 2003 to 2005 she was a minister in the state government of Lower Saxony, serving in the cabinet of Christian Wulff, with responsibility for social affairs, women, family, and health. He declared that von der Leyen tampered with Polish internal affairs, speculated about a German tendency to influence Polish domestic politics, and regretted reportedly increasingly patronizing German stand towards Poland. Carl and Mary were the parents of Ursula von der Leyen's grandfather, the psychologist Carl Albrecht, who was known for developing a new method of meditation and for his research on mystical consciousness. EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen today compared vaccine nationalism to the Cold War space race. A police officer fatally shot a Virginia man who shot two people and kept a hostage barricaded inside a house even after he set it on fire Monday afternoon, officials said. [126][127] After some EU member states announced closure of their national borders to foreign nationals due to the COVID-19 pandemic, von der Leyen said that "Certain controls may be justified, but general travel bans are not seen as being the most effective by the World Health Organization. Szef MON wzywa attache obrony Niemiec. Dozens of MEPs also called on Josep Borrell, the EU’s high representative for foreign affairs, to resign after being “humiliated” during a diplomatic trip to Moscow. [78] Plans were also announced to significantly expand the tank fleet to a potential number of 328, order 131 more Boxer armoured personnel carriers, increase the submarine fleet, and to develop a new fighter jet to replace the Tornado. As in her reelections in 2016 (72.4%) and 2018 (57.47%), this was the weakest of all results. The beleaguered Brussels chief … He married Louise Dorothea Betty von Knoop (1844–1889), a daughter of Baron Johann Ludwig von Knoop, one of the most successful entrepreneurs of the 19th century Russian Empire. Following the birth of twins, she was a housewife in Stanford, California, from 1992 to 1996, while her husband was a faculty member of Stanford University. This part of the law, in particular, attracted protest from some German conservatives. In 1986 she married fellow physician Heiko von der Leyen of the noble von der Leyen family of silk merchants. The house von der Leyen is an ancient German noble family of princely and historically sovereign rank. [88] Under her leadership, the ministry agreed to accept 13 million euros in compensation for delays in deliveries of both the second and third A400M aircraft. In May 2015, the German government approved an increase in defence spending, at the time 1.3% of GDP, by 6.2% over the following five years, allowing the Ministry of Defense to modernize the army fully. In 2001 she earned a Master of Public Health degree at the institution. [9] Her father served as Minister President of Lower Saxony (state prime minister) from 1976 to 1990, being re-elected in state parliament elections in 1978, 1982 and 1986. 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[1] When she left office she was the only minister to have served continuously in Angela Merkel's cabinet since Merkel became chancellor. [60], Former British Secretary of State for Defence Michael Fallon noted in 2019 that she had been "a star presence" in the NATO community and "the doyenne of NATO ministers for over five years". [156] German opposition parties criticized Germany's defence plan with Saudi Arabia, which has been waging war in Yemen and was condemned for massive human rights violations. [12][13][14] The Ladson family were large plantation owners and her ancestor James H. Ladson owned over 200 slaves by the time slavery in the United States was abolished; her relatives and ancestors were among the wealthiest in British North America in the 18th century, and she descends from one of the largest British slave traders of the era, Joseph Wragg. [161] The Polish Foreign Minister made sarcastic comments about "Prussian tone of the Ode to Joy". That same month, she participated in the first joint cabinet meeting of the governments of Germany and Turkey in Berlin. 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[175], When the Federal Constitutional Court ruled in favour of tax equality to same-sex couples in 2013, von der Leyen came forward in support of equal adoption rights, arguing that "I know of no study that says that children growing up in same-sex partnerships fare any differently than children who grow up in heterosexual marriages or partnerships. [93][94], Von der Leyen was elected as a member of the CDU executive board in December 2014 and received 70.5% of the votes. On 2 July 2019, von der Leyen was proposed by the European Council as the candidate for President of the European Commission. [119][120] The later portfolio's name drew heavy criticism, as it was considered to carry a xenophobic message linking the protection of the "European Way of Life" to migration policies. ", "Verteidigungsministerin: Plagiatsjäger nehmen sich von der Leyens Doktorarbeit vor", "German Defense Minister Von der Leyen denies plagiarism | DW", "Ursula von der Leyen: Kritiker bewerten Arbeit als "eindeutiges Plagiat, "Plagiatsaffäre: Von der Leyen darf Doktortitel behalten", "Trotz Plagiaten: Darum darf von der Leyen ihren Doktor behalten", "Von der Leyen und Plagiat: Doktorspiele", "Ursula von der Leyen darf Doktortitel behalten", Who is EU commission president Ursula von der Leyen, "Who is new EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen? While the … The European Commission President, Ursula von der Leyen, has said the EU, after four years, has a ‘friend in the White House’ ahead of Joe Biden’s inauguration on Wednesday. European Commission President Ursula Von Der Leyen addresses European lawmakers during a plenary session on the inauguration of the new President of … Her American ancestors played a significant role in the British colonization of the Americas, and she descends from many of the first English settlers of Carolina, Virginia, Pennsylvania and Barbados, and from numerous colonial-era governors. [74], In 2014, von der Leyen introduced a €100 million plan to make the Bundeswehr more attractive to recruits, including by offering crèches for soldiers' children, limiting postings to match school term dates, and considerable rises in hardship allowances for difficult postings. "[128] Von der Leyen condemned the U.S. decision to restrict travel from the coronavirus-affected Europe to the United States. Following her nomination as a candidate for Commission President, the Commission provided her with a salary, office, and staff in Brussels to facilitate negotiations between the EU institutions as to her election. European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen, centre left, arrives for a debate on the EU approach to Covid-19 vaccinations at the European Parliament in Brussels (Francisco Seco/AP) Ursula Gertrud von der Leyen (German pronunciation: [ˈʊʁzula fɔn dəɐ̯ ˈlaɪən] (listen); née Albrecht; born 8 October 1958) is a German politician and physician who has been the president of the European Commission since 1 December 2019. Waszczykowski łagodnie, Macierewicz ostrzej... Skandaliczna wypowiedź niemieckiej minister. "Weapons deliveries would be a fire accelerant," von der Leyen was quoted as telling the Süddeutsche Zeitung daily. She spent more than a year in hiding in London, where she lived with protection from Scotland Yard under the name Rose Ladson to avoid detection and enrolled at the London School of Economics. [115], Von der Leyen unveiled the new proposed EU Commission's structure (whom she deemed to be a "geopolitical" one)[116] on 10 September 2019, renaming a number of posts of the College of Commissioners to make them sound less formal and more goal-oriented, including the controversial portfolio for "Protecting our European Way of Life",[117][118] a vice-presidency responsible for the coordination of migration, security, employment and education policies. As Germany's defense minister from 2013 to 2019, von der Leyen left chaos in … [86], Early in her tenure, von der Leyen pledged to get a grip on Germany's military equipment budget after publishing a KPMG report on repeated failures in controlling suppliers, costs and delivery deadlines, e.g., with the Airbus A400M Atlas transport plane, Eurofighter Typhoon jet and the Boxer armoured fighting vehicle. [144] The combination of a sensitive topic like child pornography and internet censorship is said to have caused a rising interest in the Pirate Party. Moreover, they have a strong social and economic impact, they disrupt people's lives and business across the borders. Von der Leyen is included in Time magazine's 100 Most Influential People of 2020. [112], Von der Leyen supported the proposed European Union–Mercosur free trade agreement,[113] which would form one of the world's largest free trade areas. [31], From 1998 to 2002, she taught at the Department of Epidemiology, Social Medicine and Health System Research at the Hannover Medical School. BRUSSELS, BELGIUM - JANUARY 21: President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen is talking to media at the end of a video conference meeting of the members of the European Council focused on the Covid-19 pandemic in the Justus Lipsius building, the EU Council headquarter, on January 21, 2021, in Brussels, Belgium. [nb 2][117] The proposed structure for the College also saw the "unexpected" promotion of EPP's Valdis Dombrovskis to a role of executive vice-president, up to a number of three executive vice-presidencies, equalling the roles entrusted to Timmermans and Margrethe Vestager. [37][38][39], Ursula von der Leyen joined the CDU in 1990, and became active in local politics in Lower Saxony in 1996, shortly after she had returned to Germany after living in California. Ambasada "Mamy nadzieję, że to kończy sprawę", Ambasada Niemiec odpowiada Macierewiczowi: Nie kształtujemy polityki w trakcie talk-show, "Endlich haben wir die deutschen Politiker erwischt", Von der Leyen löst Verstimmungen in Polen aus, "Trump and Merkel exchange barbs in showdown over Russia's pipeline", "Ursula von der Leyen: Germany's next chancellor? [148] However, child pornography is, in fact, illegal in India, which has much stricter rules about erotic media than Germany. Its members had the hereditary office of sénéchal in the Electorate of Trier. Ursula von der Leyen European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen has said she "deeply regrets" that mistakes were made during the decision to trigger Article 16 of the EU Withdrawal Agreement in a dispute over vaccines. [63] In summer 2014, she was instrumental in Germany's decision to resupply the Kurdish Peshmerga fighters with lethal assistance. [46], At the federal election of 2009, von der Leyen was elected to the Bundestag, Germany's Parliament, representing the 42nd electoral district of Hanover, alongside Edelgard Bulmahn of the Social Democrats. [140], Von der Leyen also introduced the German Elternzeit, a paid parental leave scheme. [43][44] In the negotiations to form a government following the 2005 federal elections, Von der Leyen led the CDU/CSU delegation in the working group on families; her co-chair from the SPD was Renate Schmidt. Later that month, she told the Bild am Sonntag newspaper that the CDU should consider establishing a formal voting process for choosing future candidates for Chancellor. [36] Critics questioned the independence of the commission that reviewed the thesis as von der Leyen personally knew its director from joint work for an alumni association. In December 2019, Ursula von der Leyen replaced Jean-Claude Juncker as the president of the European Commission, becoming the first woman to serve in the important role. Ursula von der Leyen was sitting in her converted flat next to her office in the EU's palatial HQ in Berlaymont when the phone started ringing. Among her ancestors were Carolina governors John Yeamans, James Moore, Robert Gibbes, Thomas Smith and Joseph Blake, Pennsylvania deputy governor Samuel Carpenter, and the American revolutionary and lieutenant governor of South Carolina James Ladson.

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