Ursula von der Leyen’s tenure as the European Commission president has been the “worst” in years due to her “warmongering” and insensitive handling of migration, the president of the Party of European Left, Walter Baier, told Euractiv, confirming that the party is against her possible second term.

Ursula von der Leyen’s tenure as the European Commission president has been the “worst” in years due to her “warmongering” and insensitive handling of migration, the president of the Party of European Left, Walter Baier, told Euractiv, confirming that the party is against her possible second term.

  • crispy_kilt@feddit.deEnglish
    6·
    9 months ago

    Ukraine-supporting Comission President must resign, says Putin-financed traitor

    FTFY

    • shapesandstuff@feddit.deEnglish
      2·
      9 months ago

      Besides that point, what i dont know anything about:
      she was also shit minister during her time in german politics. She was part of Merkels CDU which spent their decades in the government slowly fucking up most things they touched either through bovine inaction, or grossly misrepresenting our best interests for lobby money and corruption.

      VDL herself was seen as one of the worst ministers of defense, grossly mismanaging funds, abusing her station and kicking off a corruption scandal all by herself.

      Same thing for other positions she’s held.

      Don’t form your opinion on a politician by a single action, or even worse, purely by political allegiance.

      • taladar@feddit.deEnglish
        1·
        9 months ago

        She was but in the EU she is actually nowhere near as bad as I expected back when she was elected based on her history. And for someone with former military related posts she really isn’t anything close to war-mongering.

  • dumdum666@kbin.social
    32·
    9 months ago

    I personally don’t agree on much with that woman but at least she isn’t a warmonger. I have lost a lot of respect for a European left that cozies up with Putin and other terrorists though.

    • awwwyissss@lemm.eeEnglish
      3·
      9 months ago

      And the far right. The Kremlin is supporting both sides in order to create division. Divide and conquer with a keyboard.

      • dumdum666@kbin.social
        1·
        9 months ago

        Yeah, that is true. In Germany for example the far right AFD and the, soon to be, far right (Geert Wilders Style) BSW / Bündnis Sarah Wagenknecht, have solid 30%+ of the votes in Germany, if the polls hold true.

        The only positive thing I see going for Europe is, that we are not yet (!) as fucked as the US, because most of the time the politicians still actually discuss and are willing to work towards a solution. That behavior is deteriorating in my opinion though.

    • Vivarevo@sopuli.xyzEnglish
      31·
      9 months ago

      There are the old soviet era left who lean russia and new far right populist who lean Putin

  • tal@lemmy.todayEnglish
    1·
    9 months ago

    confirming that the party is against her possible second term.

    I assume that they also didn’t support her first term and that it would be unexpected if they did support a second term for her, so…