“War is raging on Europe’s borders and we must be ready,” said Ursula von der Leyen

“With competitiveness as a compass”, the new European Commission under the leadership of Ursula von der Leyen sets as a priority, for the next five years in the EU, innovation, the clean economy, and security. This was emphasized by the President of the Commission, during her speech today in the Plenary of the European Parliament, asking for the vote of confidence of the MEPs for the new House of Commissioners. “The first major initiative of the new Commission will be a Competitiveness Compass,” said the President of the Commission during her speech. As he explained, this compass will be built on the three pillars of the Draghi report. The first pillar is closing the innovation gap with the US and China. The second is a joint plan for decarbonisation and competitiveness. And the third, is increasing security and reducing dependencies. In particular, referring to the issue of security, von der Leyen said that in the midst of wars in Ukraine, in the Middle East, but […]
Source: News Beast

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