Ursula von der Layen

From French President Emmanuel Macron's visit to Beijing to CIA Director William Burns' visit to Saudi Arabia, the past weeks have underlined one thing: the US is standing on the sidelines merely observing events in stark contrast to US' previous role: that of global broker and policeman.

The head of the European Commission, Ursula von der Layen, stated that she does not support the idea of a boycott of the G20 summit if Russian leader Vladimir Putin participates in it.

The European Commission has recommended that Ukraine and Moldova be granted candidate status as a symbolic step on the long road to membership in the European Union.
Georgia will be asked to fulfill certain conditions before it receives that status, Reuters reported today.

The European Commissioners discussed this issue yesterday, right after the sudden visit of the head of the EC, Ursula von der Layen, to Ukraine on Saturday.
"The commission does not forget that Ukraine is the only country in Europe where people die, where people are shot because they carry EU flags on the streets," said one high-ranking official.

"I encourage North Macedonia (RNM) to continue delivering on reforms and to keep up the positive momentum with Bulgaria, on its accession path to the EU." This was written on Twitter by the President of the European Commission Ursula von der Layen, who received today the Prime Minister of RNM Dimitar Kovachevski.

32 people died.
26.008 people were tested.
According to the latest data, there are 167 patients on respirators, while 3.621 people were hospitalized.

"This is a marathon"

At the moment of strained relations with Russia, some EU members, with their defending the Russian Nord Stream gas pipeline, further deepen the divisions in Europe and in the transatlantic partnership, writes the EUobserver portal, as EURACTIV reports.

They add that additional EU funds have been provided for that purpose, and Brussels calls on the United States to reconsider the decision to cut ties and finance the World Health Organization.

China will send more than 2 million protective masks to the European Union after Europe becomes the epicenter of the coronavirus pandemic. This was announced today by the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Layen, quoted by France's press.

Chinese Prime Minister Li Kutsian told Von der Lien in a phone call about sending medical supplies, she announced on Twitter.