European Commission president says ‘sovereignty’ of Europe’s voters must be protected
The European Commission president, Ursula von der Leyen, has delivered the softest of pushbacks to US president Donald Trump last night, telling him off in abstract terms for the suggestion that the US could try to influence elections in various EU countries.
“It is not on us, when it comes to elections, to decide who the leader of the country will be, but on the people of this country … That’s the sovereignty of the voters, and this must be protected,” she told Politico.
I’m sure Trump is quaking in his boots.
As the talks on a potential peace deal on Ukraine continue today and into the weekend, the focus is on what involvement we will see from the US. Trump – and later his spokesperson Karoline Leavitt – insisted that the US would only join the Europeans for talks if they did not deem it a waste of time.
