Klara Dostalova criticizes EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen

Ursula von der Leyen put forward her vision for a stronger and more prosperous Europe. Key initiatives include a new Clean Industrial Deal to drive decarbonisation and industrial growth, and a European Competitiveness Fund to boost innovation. She announced that she would boost security by doubling Europol’s staff and tripling the number of European Border and Coast Guards to 30 000. She proposed a European Democracy Shield for countering foreign information manipulation and interference, and a European Affordable Housing Plan.

Ms von der Leyen also suggested a plan for agriculture to address the need to adapt to climate change and a Roadmap for Women’s Rights. Saying that “we must enable young people to make the most of Europe’s freedoms”, she highlighted the importance of the Erasmus+ programme, mental health, and tackling issues related to screen time and social media, including addictive practices.

She put significant focus on defence, proposing to create a new post of Commissioner for Defence to drive the European Defence Union and calling for a comprehensive aerial defence system – a European Air Shield – to protect EU airspace and “as a strong symbol of European unity in defence matters”.

Ms von der Leyen reiterated the EU’s unwavering support for Ukraine, reaffirming that “Europe will stand with Ukraine for as long as it takes”.

New Commissioner roles she announced include Housing, to tackle the continent’s housing crisis; the Mediterranean, to foster regional stability and cooperation; and Intergenerational Fairness, to ensure policies consider the needs of future generations.

Responding to her speech, MEPs emphasised the importance of listening more to workers, farmers, and industry voices. They welcomed the new policy focus on housing, and stressed the need for fair international competition, strong support for Ukraine, ending the war in Gaza, and better control of migration. Many called for continued efforts to push back against the rise of far right politics, and to promote social justice, climate action, and gender equality. Several MEPs wanted more focus on the fight against poverty, unemployment, and for a solidarity-based Europe.

Some MEPs also argued for the importance of listening to citizens’ desire for protection, identity, and sovereignty, rejecting excessive regulation and mass immigration while also calling for strategic autonomy. Some condemned current economic and agricultural policies, advocating instead for a Europe of free and sovereign nations.

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[SandraRodriguez-rood]

Finally someone who doesn't fear!! Talking on behalf of the planet

[LickorishAllsorts]

Ewa got the tone just right, Klara was a little too gentle on the witch.

[DeadhMage]

BRAVO KLARA, BRAVO, EWA! I am proud of you because we (Croatians) do not have such representatives in EP Babylon. Ours deal with money and fashion. Well done, Slavic women! Beautiful, brave and smart. The snake looks at you and smiles. She MUST do this, she was chosen for it, but not by us.

[ancietman]

Still too many MEPs in Brussels think the sun shines out of von der Leyens backside.

[tonykokk]

We have forgotten the IDEA called "Europe!" We are clueless, unread, and uneducated! And as such, we have no standing in the world stage whatsoever! We are, still, as we were then, in deep sleep! Weak! Always waiting for "big brother" to tell us what to do and how! We are the voice of someone else, foreign, non-European!

[herpederpe]

This is the 9th top politician (MEP) to flame Ursula in a timeframe of 2 just hours.

[racoonlady]

Congratulations. Metzola has no right to interrupt everyone who tries to critise Ursula. Why? If they go on this way EU will fall apart. Europe will not tolerate their evil dictatorship .

[ferry]

UrSSula does not have many friends anymore, but it is good too. i wish more brave women/men parliament members stand up against that evil woman.

[vaclavzizka]

She is absolutely right in what she is saying 👍. Europe wake up!

[Tuukka]

EU, please stop being a pitiful lackey of Washington and US interests. Best regards: Pro-European taxpayer from Finland 🫡

[peterujfalussy]

All criticizers I have seen so far were women. Congratulations!

[krzysztofd]

Klara Dostalova many greetings from Poland, also for citizens Czech Republik. Together against EU corruption.

[tilakaratnahewage]

Eu has to responsible for those crimes and crisis

[osmanthus]

We, in Britain, voted to leave - and we left, thank goodness. Membership cost us all a great deal of money, we were told what to do at every turn and had to do as we were told. The EEC/The Common Market had its day a long, long time ago.
It was probably a good idea, in principle, when it was first mooted, but in practice it hasn't worked in the way that member states, like Britain, would have expected.
Unfortunately the Union has become like the cockoo in the nest - voraciously eating all the food that the parents (sovereign states) bring, growing ever, ever bigger and more greedy, determined to survive whatever the cost to others and dictating to those who feed (fund) it.

[lwzfog]

Von Der Lying deserves much more criticism.

[ased]

seems like Ursula von der Leyen's career is in tatters

[belfasta]

All talk and no action all they have to do is close the show down and strike until she is removed?

[tgx]

Where do you want to get the money for your green ecology, when the USA demands that the EU increase the cost of armaments, as far as NATO is concerned?
Where is the Czech Republic supposed to get money for all healthcare, education, pensions, energy, when almost nothing is produced here anymore, production has been moved to Western countries and even to China from the West?
In addition, the EU dictates the conditions for how much grain and potatoes we can grow here. The fields are planted with canola, which is put in gasoline!

[adboroutdoor..]

Ta pani ma pełną rację, że "poprawna" jest tylko jedna narracja...

[chance-dpqg]

As long as eu does what America wants its algood in the eu I'm pretty sure eu won't last long