European Commissioner… was involved during Von der Leyen’s speech

The European Union Competition Commissioner attended today the “annual” speech of the President of the Commission on the “state of the Union”; knitting.

THE Margaret Vestager was sitting quietly and knitting at the European Parliament in Strasbourg, while the head of the Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, gave her one-hour speech on European politics, as Reuters wrote.

The scene was recorded by the EU television network, but it is not clear what he was just making it, the news agency added.

In the past, however, she herself had posted photos of green and yellow elephants on the internet. Vestager wrote on Twitter in 2018: “Knitting helps you stay focused».

Her current performance is making the rounds of the internet, again via social media – the following tweet is typical:

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