He has also announced a European climate adaptation plan, a European water resilience strategy among the political priorities for his second term, and his intention to promote a European anti-aircraft shield.
The President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyenhe promised this Thursday in the plenary session of the European Parliament create two new portfolios to appoint commissioners for housing and the Mediterranean, in addition to the new defence post that she announced during the campaign, if MEPs support her renewal as head of the EU executive in a vote to be held at midday.
After confirming his intention to appoint a defence commissioner, he has assured that among his objectives will be to promote a European anti-aircraft shield.
As for housing, “Europe faces a housing crisis“This is a global crisis affecting people of all ages and families of all sizes; prices and rents are skyrocketing and people are struggling to find affordable housing. This is why, for the first time, I will appoint a Commissioner directly responsible for Housing,” said the German politician during her speech in the European Parliament.
“The Mediterranean region should attract all our attention”Von der Leyen warned MEPs, after warning of the need to find a “common approach” on deportations of migrants to make them “more effective and dignified”, but also to strengthen agreements with third countries.
For this reason, he announced that his programme includes the creation of a commissioner for the Mediterranean region who will work in coordination with the High Representative for Foreign Policy of the EU, Kaja Kallas.
Another of the bets of conservative politics if she is re-elected is “tripling” the number of European border and coast guard forces (Frontex) to ensure up to 30,000 agents prepared to be deployed in crisis situations or to confront possible “hybrid attacks or provocations.”
Attempts at destabilization
“We must always remember that the border of a Member State is a European border,” he insisted, to defend the need to strengthen control and security against attempts at destabilization such as those Russia’s practices to attract migrants from Yemen to the north and deliberately launch them against the Finnish border.”
On the other hand, the candidate to repeat in office has announced a European climate adaptation plan and a European water resilience strategy among the political priorities for her second term. The German politician considers that “one of the greatest risks to our security is the impact of climate change” with “devastating” impacts through “floods, fires and droughts”.
In addition, German politics has promised to fight “with all democratic forces” against polarization and extremism who seek to “destroy” the European way of life. “I will not accept extremists or demagogues when they want to destroy our way of life,” he said.
Calls for an end to the “bloodshed in Gaza” but without proposing measures against Israel
Von der Leyen has again called for an end to the “bloodshed in Gaza”, because the citizens of the Strip and Humanity “can’t take it anymore”“Many children, women and civilians have lost their lives as a result of Israel’s response to Hamas’s brutal terror,” he said.
He has assured that “the people of Gaza cannot bear it any longer and humanity cannot bear it any longer”, and has therefore claimed the need “an immediate and lasting ceasefire”as well as the release of Israeli hostages still held by Hamas.
He also insisted on the two-state solution as “the best way to ensure security for both Israelis and Palestinians” because “people in the Middle East deserve peace, security and prosperity.” However, he has not raised the possibility of sanctions against Israel, as has been done with Russia.
Finally, the candidate has criticized the trip of the Hungarian Prime Minister, Viktor Orbánto Moscow, which the Hungarian president defended as a “peace mission” and the German president has described as a “mission of appeasement”, while stating that “no one wants peace as much as the Ukrainians.”
Source: Eitb
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