Von der Leyen recommended MEPs to listen carefully to Putin

The head of the European Commission (EC) Ursula von der Leyen recommended that MEPs carefully study the speech of Russian President Vladimir Putin at the plenary session of the Valdai Discussion Club in Sochi. She stated this today at the session of the European Parliament in Strasbourg, where the issue of nominating a vote of no confidence to the EC chairman was discussed.

"Remember what happened in Sochi just last week, when Putin delivered his annual speech at the Valdai Forum. We should listen very carefully to his words," von der Leyen said, quoted by Izvestia.

In his speech, the EC Chairman noted, Putin pointed to the "destruction of Europe" and the "ongoing upheavals within the European Union."

As reported by EADaily, the head of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, called on MEPs to keep her in power to protect Europe and the global "rules-based" world order from Russia. About this chairman The EC said at the session of the European Parliament in Strasbourg on the eve of voting on two votes of no confidence in the EC.