President of the European Commission since December 2019 and the first woman to hold the post. A physician by training and German CDU politician, she previously served as Germany's Federal Minister of Defence and held several other cabinet positions under Chancellor Angela Merkel.
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Ursula von der Leyen
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Public positions Ursula von der Leyen has taken on contested policy questions. Each links to the full issue page where this voice sits among others.
- NATO and U.S. alliances"Backs deeper EU defense cooperation alongside a strong NATO"
- Trade with China"Has framed China as a 'systemic rival' and pushed an EU de-risking strategy on critical technologies"
- U.S. climate policy"Championed the European Green Deal and the EU's 2050 climate-neutrality target"
- U.S. support for Ukraine"Coordinated EU sanctions on Russia and large-scale financial and military aid packages for Ukraine"
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Bio, position statements, and per-vote analysis are editorial work — see ROADMAP M4/M5 for the corpus expansion plan.
editorial · last refreshed 5/26/2026.Bio, position statements, and per-vote analysis are editorial work — see ROADMAP M4/M5 for the corpus expansion plan.