Brussels Hid von der Leyen’s Hospitalisation From Public

Brussels kept tight-lipped for over a week while European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen was laid up in hospital with pneumonia. Only now after she’s been discharged and is back at home has her spokesperson admitted the truth about the severity of her illness…

Von der Leyen’s pneumonia forced delays to a major piece of her economic agenda and pushed back a key meeting of the college of Commissioners in Poland.[…] Read the rest