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Ursula von der Leyen says she’s willing to work with Giorgia Meloni in EU Parliament – POLITICO

Ursula von der Leyen says she’s willing to work with Giorgia Meloni in EU Parliament – POLITICO

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BRUSSELS — European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said she is willing to work with MEPs from Giorgia Meloni’s far-right Brothers of Italy party after the EU election in June, arguing it’s needed to keep the bloc on a pro-European course.

“She is clearly pro-European, against Putin, she’s been very clear on that one, and pro-rule of law, if this holds, and then we offer to work together,” von der Leyen, who is campaigning for another five-year term as European Commission chief, said of Meloni during an election debate hosted by the European Broadcasting Union at the European Parliament on Thursday.

Von der Leyen, and her center-right European People’s Party, have already hinted at the prospect of cooperating with Meloni’s EU lawmakers, after an election in which the current parliamentary majority formed of the EPP, Socialists and liberals is expected to become slimmer.

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