EU chief Ursula von der Leyen

US President Donald Trump speaks during a roundtable discussion in Doha, Qatar, 15 May 2025. Photo: Reuters
USA

Trump agrees to delay EU tariffs until 9 July

Trump, who has repeatedly expressed disdain for the EU and its treatment of the United States on trade, relented after European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen told him on Sunday that the...

Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer poses with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and European Council President Antonio Costa as they arrive to attend the UK-EU Summit at Lancaster House in London on May 19, 2025. Photo: HENRY NICHOLLS/Pool via REUTERS
Europe

UK strikes EU trade and defence reset in 'new era' for relations

US Vice President JD Vance meets with Italy's Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen at the Chigi Palace in Rome, Italy, Sunday, May 18, 2025. Photo: Jacquelyn Martin/Pool via REUTERS
USA

US seeks long-term trade negotiations with EU: Vance

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen delivers a statement on plans to strengthen the European defence industry and the EU's military capabilities, in Brussels, Belgium March 4, 2025. REUTERS/Yves Herman
Europe

Airbus and others call for sovereign infrastructure fund, buy European

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen delivers a Special Address during the 55th annual World Economic Forum (WEF) meeting in Davos, Switzerland, January 21, 2025. REUTERS/Yves Herman
Global Economy

EU's Von der Leyen warns against 'global race to bottom' on tariffs in Davos

President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen speaks with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer during the 79th United Nations General Assembly at the United Nations on September 25, 2024 in New York. Photo: Leon Neal/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo
Europe

UK PM Starmer heads to Brussels for 'first conversation' on EU reset

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen address the media during a news conference with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, following a closed German cabinet meeting at the government's guest house in Schloss Meseberg, near Gransee, Germany, March 5, 2023. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch
Europe

Von der Leyen set to name European Commission's new top team

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov attends a session of the St Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF) in Saint Petersburg, Russia, June 4, 2021. File Photo: REUTERS/Evgenia Novozhenina
Europe

Kremlin says proposed 'European Defence Union' is sign of EU's militarisation

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen speaks, as she attends a news conference in Skopje, North Macedonia October 26, 2022. REUTERS/Ognen Teofilovski
Politics

Von der Leyen to propose new approach for border management and migrants return

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen delivers the State of the European Union address to the European Parliament, in Strasbourg, France, September 13, 2023. REUTERS/Yves Herman
Politics

EU Parliament to decide on second term for Commission chief von der Leyen

FILE PHOTO: Ursula von der Leyen President of European Commission speaks during a press conference, during the Summit on Peace in Ukraine, in Stansstad, Switzerland, June 16, 2024. ALESSANDRO DELLA VALLE/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo
Europe

EU leaders pick von der Leyen for second term as Commission chief

Migrants gather at the hotspot, a reception centre for migrants, ahead of European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni's visit to the Sicilian island of Lampedusa, Italy, September 17, 2023. REUTERS/Yara Nardi
Europe

EU chief pledges migrant action plan in Italy's Lampedusa

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen delivers the State of the European Union address to the European Parliament, in Strasbourg, France, September 13, 2023. REUTERS/Yves Herman
Europe

EU chief calls for more engagement with Africa