Ursula von der Leyen
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European Commission to decide whether Poland has met requirements to reform its legal system
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European Commission president announces agreement on ban of most Russian oil imports by end of the year after late-night talks at Brussels summit
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Some 75% of imports will be banned and Sberbank ejected from Swift but Hungary, Czech Republic and Slovakia to keep supplies
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Jens Stoltenberg tells business leaders in Davos that values should matter more than profits
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French president says European Union ‘cannot be the only way to structure the continent’
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Ursula von der Leyen says she doesn’t distinguish between heavy and light arms and suggests Sberbank could face sanctions
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European Commission chief visits Bucha before meeting Volodymyr Zelenskiy in Kyiv
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At a summit in Versailles, the 27 heads of state and government said on Friday that the invasion of Ukraine had shown the urgent need for the EU to take responsibility for its own security
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Versailles declaration says Russia’s war in Ukraine has heralded ‘tectonic shift in European history’
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This is Europe History is brutally back, and Ukraine will test Europe’s appetite for the consequences
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Ursula von der Leyen gave a passionate speech in the European parliament in which she outlined the bloc's commitment to stopping Putin's invasion of Ukraine
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For the first time ever, the European Union will finance the purchase and delivery of weapons to a country under attack, said the European Commission president, Ursula von der Leyen, as she announced the bloc's commitment to support the Ukrainian war effort against Russia.
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'This is billions and billions of losses for Russia', says Ukrainian president
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The Guardian view on banning Russian oil: defunding Putin’s war machine