New President of the EU, Ursula von der Leyen, is as Anti-Greek as they come..

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  • New President of the EU, Ursula von der Leyen, is as Anti-Greek as they come..

    In a 2011 interview with Der Spiegel, von der Leyen expressed her preference for "a united states of Europe – run along the lines of the federal states of Switzerland, Germany or the USA" which would capitalize on Europe's size by agreeing on core issues relating to finance, tax and economic politics.[98] Merkel slapped down von der Leyen, then labour minister, that same year for demanding Greece offer collateral for emergency loans to avoid possible default..


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    She's pretty unpopular among Germans too.

    Nigel Farage has pretty much summed up how things work in the EU:

    It's a classic Franco-German stitch-up. The French and Germans have got all the top jobs with one lobbed in for Belgium, so nothing really changes.

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    • #3
      She won by a measly 9 votes needed to top the minimum requirement and she was the only candidate up for "election."

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      • #4
        And those who voted her in and saved her were UK Lib Dem MEPs who want to stop Brexit.

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