After talks with Jean-Claude Juncker, the man she is to replace as European Commission president, current German defence minister von der Leyen tweeted she had come to seek “smart advice” as she prepares her plan for the next five years. “My priorities will be to seek smart advice, listen to all parliamentary groups and together work out the best plan for the future of Europe,” von der Leyen tweeted, a day after talks with MEPs at the parliament in Strasbourg, eastern France. The multilingual von der Leyen — the first woman to be named to lead the EU’s executive arm — sent out the same message in Englsh, French and German after a warm welcome from Juncker at commission headquarters in Brussels. Juncker, whose five-year term has been marked by Brexit and the migrant crisis — two of the biggest upheavals ever to hit the EU — tweeted that he was “delighted” to receive von der Leyen. “A true European, we are on the same page when it comes to speaking up for EU interests,” he wrote.

Source: Pakistan Today July 04, 2019 14:15 UTC