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VDL on tightrope: Obliging the right without losing the left
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13 minutes
Released:
Apr 3, 2024
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In this episode of our daily Today in the EU podcast, we are talking about Commission President Ursula von der Leyen’s effort to gain support from both ends of the political spectrum.Von der Leyen faces a tricky dilemma as she will have to woo right-wing voters, including new members of the European Parliament, without scaring away the left-of-centre parties, whose votes she needs to win her second term. But what will keeping this precarious balance look like for von der Leyen? How is she going to get the best of both worlds?To get a better understanding, we invited Nick Alipour, Euractiv’s Berlin-based politics reporter.
Released:
Apr 3, 2024
Format:
Podcast episode
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