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Von der Leyen is included in Time magazine's 100 Most Influential People of 2020. "[168], 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. [179] In December 2020, von der Leyen was awarded the Global Citizen Prize for World Leader. Annett Meiritz und Philipp Wittrock (4 December 2012). Stefan Wagstyl (6 October 2014), "Ursula von der Leyen vows to tackle Germany military budget". As in her reelections in 2016 (72.4%) and 2018 (57.47%), this was the weakest of all results. [36] Critics questioned the independence of the commission that reviewed the thesis as von der Leyen personally knew its director from joint work for an alumni association. [61] She has faced domestic criticism for her leadership style, reliance on outside consultants, and continued gaps in military readiness. [1], Von der Leyen chaired the EPP Defence Ministers Meeting, which gathers EPP defence ministers ahead of meetings of the Council of the European Union. Szef MON wzywa attache obrony Niemiec. Ab sofort arbeitet Ursula von der Leyen in Brüssel, dem Zentrum Europas. Von der Leyen hat sieben Kinder, die immer wieder mit ihr in den Medien auftauchen. Lebe immer first class sonst tun es deine Erben..... Nach oben. Ursula von der Leyen was born in Brussels in 1958, and attended the European School - a multilingual elite school for the children of diplomats and EU bureaucrats. [60], Former British Secretary of State for Defence Michael Fallon noted in 2019 that she had been "a star presence" in the NATO community and "the doyenne of NATO ministers for over five years". This part of the law, in particular, attracted protest from some German conservatives. Das kleine grüne Ortseingangsschild verrät uns schon: Viele Menschen wohnen hier nicht. An article in The Guardian says that the reason for Germany's refusal to vote for her is that von der Leyen is divisive. She spent more than a year in hiding in London, where she lived with protection from Scotland Yard under the name Rose Ladson to avoid detection and enrolled at the London School of Economics. Solch ungeheuerlicher Verstoß gegen unsere Glaubwürdigkeit ist doch nicht hinnehmbar!!! [91][92] She also promoted the German government's decisions on arms exports to Saudi Arabia and Turkey.[93][94]. [95][96][97][98], As a cabinet member, von der Leyen was, for several years, regarded as one of the leading contenders to succeed Angela Merkel as Chancellor. Nun wird Ursula von der Leyen entgegen des demokratischen Auswahlprozesses einen der wichtigsten Posten in der europäischen Union besetzen. "[24] She returned to Germany in 1979 but lived with a security detail at her side for several years. 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Waszczykowski: Pomruki pruskiego tonu w tonacji "Ody do radości", Attache obrony Niemiec wezwany do MON. [79][80][81][82] Germany considered increasing the size of the army,[83] and in May 2016 von der Leyen announced it would spend €130 billion on new equipment by 2030 and add nearly 7,000 soldiers by 2023 in the first German military expansion since the end of the Cold War. 2. That same month, she participated in the first joint cabinet meeting of the governments of Germany and Turkey in Berlin. As a mother of seven children, she was a housewife during parts of the 1990s and lived for four years in Stanford, California, while her husband was on faculty at Stanford University, returning to Germany in 1996. Doch ihre Wurzeln liegen in dem 137 Einwohner-Örtchen Beinhorn in der Nähe von Burgdorf. [32], In 2015, researchers collaborating at the VroniPlag Wiki reviewed von der Leyen's 1991 doctoral thesis and alleged that 43.5% of the thesis pages contained plagiarism, and in 23 cases citations were used that did not verify claims for which they were given. [21] She is a keen equestrian and has been involved in competitive horseriding. Polska odpowiada – Waszczykowski łagodnie, Macierewicz ostro. Verein: SC Paderborn. Ihr Vater war langjähriger Ministerpräsident von Niedersachsen und gewährte der Öffentlichkeit oft Einblicke in das Familienleben. Mrs von der Leyen said the two sides were still "far apart", while Downing Street said "very large gaps remain". Michael Nienaber and Victoria Bryan (23 January 2015). [59] She is the only minister to remain with Merkel since she became chancellor in 2005. Ursula von der Leyen bewegt sich schon lange auf dem Parkett der internationalen Politik, doch bleibt sie der Region Hannover treu. Von der Leyen als Nato-Generalsekretärin im Gespräch, "Verteidigungsministerin Ursula von der Leyen als Nato-Generalsekretärin im Gespräch", "EU Leaders Tap Germany's Von Der Leyen as Commission Chief", "EU-Kommission: Von der Leyen sagt Krebs den Kampf an", "Commission prepares for von der Leyen transition", "Deutscher Bundestag – Ausgeschiedene Abgeordnete der 19. Kommissionschefin Ursula von der Leyen will das im Streit um Lieferausfälle von Astra-Zeneca ändern. [62], Within her first year in office, von der Leyen visited the Bundeswehr troops stationed in Afghanistan three times and oversaw the gradual withdrawal of German soldiers from the country as NATO was winding down its 13-year combat mission ISAF. During the investigation, two of van der Leyen's phones were confiscated, but data from both phones has been deleted before being returned to the defense ministry [3]. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said drugmaker AstraZeneca could face a ban on exports of coronavirus vaccine doses it produces in the EU if it did not meet its delivery obligations. [71], On the contrary, von der Leyen said that giving the Ukrainians arms to help them defend themselves could have unintended and fateful consequences. [147][148] This claim was based on a 2006 study by the International Centre for Missing & Exploited Children. [75][76] After Bundeswehr officials failed to properly investigate persistent reports of brutal hazing rituals, sexual humiliation, and bullying in military training, von der Leyen fired the army's training commander, Major General Walter Spindler, in 2017. [40], Ursula von der Leyen was elected to the Parliament of Lower Saxony in the 2003 state election. [56] In 2012, she was re-elected (with 69% of the votes) as one of Merkel's deputies as CDU chairwoman, this time serving alongside Bouffier, Julia Klöckner, Armin Laschet and Thomas Strobl. [113], Von der Leyen supported the proposed European Union–Mercosur free trade agreement,[114] which would form one of the world's largest free trade areas. [112] In light of her new role, von der Leyen resigned her seat in the German Bundestag on 31 July 2019. Ursula von der Leyen has seven children Credit: AFP Ursula has seven children, who were born between 1987 and 1999. [35] The Hannover Medical School conducted an investigation and concluded in March 2016 that while the thesis contains plagiarism, no intention to deceive could be proven. Most of her ancestors were from the former states of Hanover and Bremen in today's northwestern Germany; she has one American great-grandmother of primarily British descent, with more distant French and Italian ancestors, and some ancestors from what are now the Baltic states, then in Imperial Russia. Kein Zweifel, Ursula von der Leyen ist eine vorbildliche Frau. At the press conference announcing her nomination, European Council President Donald Tusk noted von der Leyen's intention to retain Commission First-Vice President Frans Timmermans during her administration. Coronakrise: So können Sie den Händlern in der Region Hannover helfen, © Verlagsgesellschaft Madsack GmbH & Co. KG. [58], In 2013, Ursula von der Leyen was appointed as Germany's first female defence minister. [29], In 1980, she switched to studying medicine and enrolled at the Hannover Medical School, where she graduated in 1987 and acquired her medical license. 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Denn Ursula von der Leyen ist Mitglied einer Partei, die (in Form von Klöckner) im europäischen Kontext völlig unangemessen von "Stolz" und "deutsch" spricht. Carl and Mary were the parents of Ursula von der Leyen's grandfather, the psychologist Carl Albrecht, who was known for developing a new method of meditation and for his research on mystical consciousness. [87], In 2015, von der Leyen publicly criticized Airbus over delays in the delivery of A400M military transport planes, complaining that the company had a serious problem with product quality. [67] By April 2016, under von der Leyen's leadership, the German Federal Armed Forces announced they would commit 65 million Euro to establish a permanent presence at Incirlik Air Base, as part of Germany's commitment to the military intervention against ISIL. He married Louise Dorothea Betty von Knoop (1844–1889), a daughter of Baron Johann Ludwig von Knoop, one of the most successful entrepreneurs of the 19th century Russian Empire. !“ Oskar Lafontaine She was a member of the committee on social policy of CDU in Lower Saxony from 1996, and also became active in the association of medical doctors in the CDU party. On the 60th anniversary of the founding of Israel, von der Leyen participated in the first joint cabinet meeting of the governments of Germany and Israel in Jerusalem in March 2008. [88] Under her leadership, the ministry agreed to accept 13 million euros in compensation for delays in deliveries of both the second and third A400M aircraft. Werner Mussler, Brüssel She questioned whether any effort by the West could match that or, more importantly, achieve the outcome sought by Ukraine and its supporters. ", "Germany Appoints 1st Female Defense Minister", "Von der Leyen: pro-EU fixture in Merkel's Cabinets", "Who is Ursula von der Leyen, the New EU Commission President? [31], From 1998 to 2002, she taught at the Department of Epidemiology, Social Medicine and Health System Research at the Hannover Medical School. As an economics student at the London School of Economics in the late 1970s, she lived under the name Rose Ladson, the family name of her American great-grandmother from Charleston, South Carolina. [145] The combination of a sensitive topic like child pornography and internet censorship is said to have caused a rising interest in the Pirate Party. Entsprechend unterhaltsam liest sich ihre Leyen-Biografie, die sie im politischen Berlin der vergangenen Monate ansiedeln - und die auch das Umfeld von der Leyens grell ausleuchtet." Ursula von der Leyen was appointed president of the European Commission, the executive branch of the European Union, in July 2019. Von der Leyen was elected as a member of the CDU executive board in December 2014 and received 70.5% of the votes. Wohnort: In the eastern part of North Rhine-Westphalia Lieblingsverein: Schalke (aber nicht das heutige!) [158][159] In 2016, von der Leyen caused controversy after she refused to wear a hijab while visiting Saudi Arabia. The news media later reported that Wulff's nomination came as a blow to Merkel, whose choice of Leyen had been blocked by the two parties' more conservative state premiers. [51] By placing a significant party figure such as von der Leyen at the head of the Defence Ministry, Merkel was widely seen as reinvigorating the scandal-ridden ministry's morale and prestige. they claimed that German foreign policy was not forged on TV-shows, that von der Leyen's words were taken out of context and that the general tone of her statement was highly sympathetic towards Poland. "[72], After Hungary used a water cannon and tear gas to drive asylum seekers back from the Hungarian-Serbian border in September 2015, during the European migrant crisis, von der Leyen publicly criticized the government of Prime Minister Viktor Orbán and called the measures "not acceptable and [...] against the European rules that we have. In July 2019 she became the first woman … Oktober 1958 in Ixelles/Elsene, einer Gemeinde in der Region Brüssel, als „Ursula Albrecht“ geboren worden. [12][13][14] The Ladson family were large plantation owners and her ancestor James H. Ladson owned over 200 slaves by the time slavery in the United States was abolished; her relatives and ancestors were among the wealthiest in British North America in the 18th century, and she descends from one of the largest British slave traders of the era, Joseph Wragg. Von der Leyen nächtigt nun im Verteidigungsministerium in "einem 7,4 Quadratmeter großen Durchgangsraum zum Sanitärbereich, der mit einem schmalen Bett … Following her nomination as a candidate for Commission President, the Commission provided her with a salary, office, and staff in Brussels to facilitate negotiations between the EU institutions as to her election. [162] The Polish Foreign Minister made sarcastic comments about "Prussian tone of the Ode to Joy". Stammburg ist die Oberburg in Gondorf (auch Schloss (von der) Leyen genannt),[1] das einzige Wasserschloss an der Mosel. [9] Her father served as Minister President of Lower Saxony (state prime minister) from 1976 to 1990, being re-elected in state parliament elections in 1978, 1982 and 1986. [84][85] In February 2017, the German government announced another expansion, which would increase the number of its professional soldiers by 20,000 by 2024. She later expressed regret for having cited an inaccurate study. [157] German opposition parties criticized Germany's defence plan with Saudi Arabia, which has been waging war in Yemen and was condemned for massive human rights violations. [16], In 1986, she married physician Heiko von der Leyen, a member of the von der Leyen family that made a fortune as silk merchants and was ennobled in 1786; her husband became a professor of medicine and the CEO of a medical engineering company. "Zum Abi-Ball gehen, ist doch Ehrensache“, findet Ursula von der Leyen. Germany lobbies India to buy Eurofighters, submarines, "Surge in German arms sales to Saudi Arabia and Turkey", "Germany's Angela Merkel makes arms export pact with France", "Merkel eyes relief for German taxpayers", "Merkel's Surprise: A Woman in Charge of Defense", "Merkel takes oath of office, begins third term", "Seeking Global Role, German Military Stumbles", "German defence ministry and arms industry come under fire", An interview with NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg. At the height of the fear of communist terrorism in West Germany, she fled to London in 1978 after her family was told that the Red Army Faction (RAF) was planning to kidnap her due to her being the daughter of a prominent politician. In May 2015, the German government approved an increase in defence spending, at the time 1.3% of GDP, by 6.2% over the following five years, allowing the Ministry of Defense to modernize the army fully. Catholic Bishop Walter Mixa accused von der Leyen of turning women into "birthing machines". [103] From 2018 until her nomination as European Commission president she was described as the favourite to succeed Jens Stoltenberg as Secretary General of NATO. Anfangs war es Heiko von der Leyen, der die Familie ernährt und kaum gesehen hat. She said that she "lived more than she studied,"[28] and that London was "the epitome of modernity: freedom, the joy of life, trying everything" which "gave me an inner freedom that I have kept until today. Ursula von der Leyen refused to sign a plea from more than 20 world leaders calling for a new global treaty on pandemic preparedness, it was claimed today. She was brought up bilingually in German and French. Ursula von der Leyen, Belgian-born German politician who was the first woman to serve as Germany’s minister of defense (2013–19). [37] Various media outlets also criticized that the decision was nontransparent, not according to established rules and failing to secure high academic standards. She was initially seen as a possible successor to German chancellor Angela Merkel. Ursula von der Leyen wurde am 08.10.1958 in Brüssel als Tochter des CDU-Politikers Ernst Albrecht und seiner Frau Heidi Adelegeboren. 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She moved to Hanover in 1971, when her father entered politics to become Minister President of the state of Lower Saxony in 1976. [41], In 2003, von der Leyen was part of a group assigned by then-opposition leader and CDU chairwoman Angela Merkel to draft alternative proposals for social welfare reform in response to Chancellor Gerhard Schröder's "Agenda 2010". He declared that von der Leyen tampered with Polish internal affairs, speculated about a German tendency to influence Polish domestic politics, and regretted reportedly increasingly patronizing German stand towards Poland. [170], In 2015, von der Leyen argued that a form of EU army should be a long-term goal. [17] They have seven children, born between 1987 and 1999. She was a member of the committee on social policy of CDU in Lower Saxony from 1996, and also became active in the association of medical doctors in the CDU party. "Weapons deliveries would be a fire accelerant," von der Leyen was quoted as telling the Süddeutsche Zeitung daily. [78] Plans were also announced to significantly expand the tank fleet to a potential number of 328, order 131 more Boxer armoured personnel carriers, increase the submarine fleet, and to develop a new fighter jet to replace the Tornado. [2][3] She was then elected by the European Parliament on 16 July;[4][nb 1] she took office on 1 December, becoming the first woman in such role. [51], Von der Leyen also lobbied for lowering the barriers to immigration for some foreign workers, in order to fight shortages of skilled workers in Germany. Prior to her current position, she served in the Cabinet of Germany from 2005 to 2019, holding successive positions in Angela Merkel's cabinet, serving most recently as Minister of Defence. [4] Germany abstained from the vote to nominate her. In the family, she has been known since childhood as Röschen, a diminutive of Rose. [1] When she left office she was the only minister to have served continuously in Angela Merkel's cabinet since Merkel became chancellor. She told Germany's Funke Media Group in an interview published Saturday that the EU had the "possibility" to ban exports. [141], Von der Leyen also introduced the German Elternzeit, a paid parental leave scheme. [120][121] The later portfolio's name drew heavy criticism, as it was considered to carry a xenophobic message linking the protection of the "European Way of Life" to migration policies. [19], Ursula von der Leyen is a native speaker of German and French; she speaks English fluently, having lived for a combined five years in the United Kingdom and the United States. Her great-great-grandfather George Alexander Albrecht moved to Bremen in the 19th century, where he became a wealthy cotton merchant, part of the Hanseatic elite and the Austro-Hungarian Consul from 1895. Ich sachätze mal, das über 50 bist und einsam, und deshalb, deine eigene Realität bastelst. In July 2019 she became the first woman … Germany sees Ukraine and Russia as a chance to prove that in the 21st century, developed nations should solve disputes at the negotiating table, not with weapons, she said. [131] Slightly less than a month later the Greek prime minister asked for sanctions against Turkey, citing von der Leyen's stance over Belarus as an obvious precedent,[132] but von der Leyen explained that Turkey and Belarus are "two different situations".[133]. Ab sofort arbeitet Ursula von der Leyen in Brüssel, dem Zentrum Europas. Es gibt die Straße „Am Brink“, die im Ortskern einmal den Spie... Beinhorn: Hier lebt Ursula von der Leyen. She was reappointed as family minister,[47] but on 30 November 2009 succeeded Franz Josef Jung as Federal Minister of Labour and Social Affairs. In the negotiations to form a coalition government following the elections, she led the CDU/CSU delegation in the working group on health policy; her co-chair from the FDP was Philipp Rösler. Das Verwaltungsgericht Köln hat sich mit Beschluss vom 23.07.2013 – Az: 19 L 877/13 – als eines der ersten Gerichte aus der Deckung gewagt und dezidiert Stellung bezogen zur Frage, wie weit eine Kindertagesstätte (Kita) von der Wohnung entfernt sein darf. Ursula Gertrud von der Leyen (German: [ˈʊʁzula fɔn dəɐ̯ ˈlaɪən] (listen); née Albrecht; born 8 October 1958) is a German politician and physician who has been President of the European Commission since 1 December 2019. Doch ihre Wurzeln liegen in dem 137 Einwohner-Örtchen Beinhorn in der Nähe von Burgdorf. [18] The Von der Leyen family are Lutheran members of the Evangelical Church of Germany. [116], Von der Leyen unveiled the new proposed EU Commission's structure (whom she deemed to be a "geopolitical" one)[117] on 10 September 2019, renaming a number of posts of the College of Commissioners to make them sound less formal and more goal-oriented, including the controversial portfolio for "Protecting our European Way of Life",[118][119] a vice-presidency responsible for the coordination of migration, security, employment and education policies. [42], Ahead of the 2005 federal elections, Angela Merkel chose Ursula von der Leyen to cover the family and social security portfolio in her shadow cabinet. Upon completing her doctoral studies, she graduated as a Doctor of Medicine in 1991. Wird von der Leyen die nächste Nato-Generalsekretärin? [110], When she lived in Brussels, her little sister Benita-Eva died of cancer at the age of eleven and she remembered "the enormous helplessness of my parents" in view of the cancer, which she cited as one of her reasons in 2019 that her EU Commission "to take the lead in the fight against cancer".[111].