European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen has suggested EU decision-making processes may need to change drastically. File Photograph: Tetiana Dzhafarova/AFP via Getty Images
The European Union must now ask itself whether the need to arrive at foreign policy decisions by unanimous agreement is a “hindrance” that undermines its credibility on the international stage, European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen has said.
Von der Leyen, the head of the EU’s powerful executive arm that proposes laws, said Europe could not continue to be a custodian
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