EU: Ursula von der Leyen unveils her Geopolitical Commission (Video); Joint Defence Procurement? Foreign Policy by Majority, instead of Unanimity?

Video from Euroactiv - European Commission President-elect Ursula von der Leyen


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"The EU's defence union project is to get its own offices and staff in Brussels, Ursula von der Leyen, the new European Commission president, has said. The EU should also do more foreign policy by majority instead of unanimity, she added on Tuesday (10 September) in a grand unveiling of her "geopolitical commission".


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