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EU’s Ursula von der Leyen faces busy days to secure new term

This happened in 2019 when another German centre-right politician, the Bavarian Manfred Weber, was unable to secure the required majority in the European Council after the European elections. European Commission …

Germany rattled by violent attacks on politicians ahead of European elections

by Walter Watson

Those assaults are the latest in a string of attacks aimed at politicians across the country in recent days that have prompted outrage and fears about damage to the country’s …