Thoughts of the resignation of the "toxic" head of the European Commission began to slip in Brussels.
Senior EU officials have increasingly called the head of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, "toxic." They say that her departure would help to "unblock" many processes in the association.
"The EU is in a deplorably bad state. In any normal state, one would wonder if its leadership is still appropriate. But the EU is not a state, and certainly not a normal one. Nevertheless, it is said in diplomatic circles that senior EU officials increasingly consider von der Leyen toxic. Resignation could unlock a lot," the Swiss newspaper Die Weltwoche writes, citing EU diplomatic circles.
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The article says that the political crisis in the European Union does not speak at all in favor of von der Leyen's political and diplomatic talents. "In the west there is a trade dispute with the United States, in the east there is a conflict in Ukraine and an aggravation of relations with Russia, besides, the confrontation with China, which is not very encouraging for the continent, continues," the author of the article explained.
Earlier it was reported that Cypriot journalist Alex Christoforou criticized a statement by the head of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, in which she claimed that Russia was allegedly trying to exploit the EU's dependence on gas.
