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(Back row left to-right): Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, Norway’s Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Store, Czech Republic’s Prime Minister Petr Fiala; (Middle row left to right) Denmark's Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, European Council President Antonio Costa, Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Italy's Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni; (Front row left to right) France's President Emmanuel Macron, Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer, Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky, and Poland's Prime Minister Donald Tusk.
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At Davos, European Union vows to be ‘pragmatic but principled’ in negotiating with Trump, to safeguard continent’s interests and uphold values
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Teresa Ribera, pictured in 2020 when she was Spain's vice-president.
Tech

Spanish socialist Teresa Ribera likely to become EU antitrust enforcer, as Ursula von der Leyen names new team

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President Emmanuel Macron waving
Politics

Macron calls snap election in France, far right gains ground, and Ursula von der Leyen closes in on a second term: Here are 4 key takeaways from the EU elections

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Commission President Ursula von der Leyen
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Protests, pandemics, and prices push Europe into reforming its Green Deal

By Ewa Krukowska and Bloomberg
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Shell CEO Ben Van Beurden

Shell CEO warns the gas crisis could last for several years, as Europe faces ‘terrible’ winters for the next decade

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Ursula von der Leyen at Plenary session of the European Parliament

Europe’s proposed ban on Russian oil could leave Moscow scrapping for $70 a barrel on a good day

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Hydrogen power could help wean the world off Russian oil and gas sooner than you think

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March 15, 2022
(L-R) European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, President of South Africa, Cyril Ramaphosa, European Council President Charles Michel, French President Emmanuel Macron and WHO Director-General, Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus give a press conference at the start of the second day of a European Union (EU) African Union (AU) summit at The European Council Building in Brussels on February 18, 2022.
International

Europe is throwing its weight behind Africa’s mRNA COVID vaccine push—except on one key point

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President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen arrives for a weekly meeting at the Berlaymont on December 22, 2021 in Brussels, Belgium.
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Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla and Europe’s leaders negotiated a vaccine megadeal by private text. Now those messages may come out

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SPD candidate for chancellor Olaf Scholz talks to media representatives on the fringes of the federal Jusos congress.
Health

Europe’s leaders turn to vaccine mandates as the winter COVID wave worsens, and Omicron looms

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