A 'matter of principle': The Left's Walter Baier slams Von der Leyen for overtures to far right
Established parties are abandoning moral principles by embracing the far right's discourse on migration, the lead candidate says.
Ursula Gertrud von der Leyen is a German physician and politician serving as the 13th president of the European Commission since 2019. She served in the German federal government between 2005 and 2019, holding successive positions in Angela Merkel's cabinet, most recently as federal minister of defence. Von der Leyen is a member of the centre-right Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and its affiliated europarty, the European People's Party (EPP). On 7 March 2024, the EPP elected her as its Spitzenkandidat to lead the campaign for the 2024 European parliament elections.
Established parties are abandoning moral principles by embracing the far right's discourse on migration, the lead candidate says.
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