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Europeans are still reluctant to comment on the results of elections in the Member States.
And even more when they concern an EU heavyweight.
Monday morning, during an interview with journalists from the European press including
Le Figaro
, the President of the Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, therefore brushed aside the question on the defeat of Emmanuel Macron's party in the legislative elections, choosing to hedge.
But by all the same praising France, which has held the presidency of the Council of the EU since January and until the end of June.
"I have witnessed a very strong French Presidency, which is and has been exceptional, which has been crowned with success in advancing digital issues, the Fit For 55 climate package, six sanctions packages - that is huge!
-, the migration file, and now I guess the Ukrainian candidate status file.
They had a huge success, that's for sure
,” said “VDL”.
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