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EU: Von der Leyen supported by Visegrad because she is weak

According to Welt, defense minister hit by scandals in Germany

04 July, 14:22
(ANSA) - BERLIN, JULY 4 - "Why Orban and Co. support the Minister of Defense": this is the headline of an article in Die Welt on sale today. According to the daily, the Visegrad countries support Ursula von der Leyen for president of the EC because she is a weak political figure in Germany. "Budapest, Bratislava, Prague, and Warsaw consider von der Leyen as a weak figure because in Germany she must respond to harsh criticism, and numerous scandals, up to alleged plagiarism. They think that a weak minister could also become a 'pleasantly' weak Commission president, whom you can more easily put under pressure than a tenacious man like Juncker", the Berlin-based daily underlined.

(ANSA).

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