If something is certain about Ursula von der Leyen, it is that she feels more at home in Belgium than in Germany. Born in Brussels in 1958, she spent her childhood there, as her father, Ernst Albrecht, was one of the first EU officials. His family belonged to the high bourgeoisie of Hamburg, and was a powerful trading house trading cotton. They were among the main founders of the cotton plantation owning class in Charleston, USA (and apparently slave owners).
Ursula von der Leyen went to Germany later, when her father became involved in political affairs there. He first studied in London and graduated from the London School of Economics, that “famous” university that has produced students with the biggest failures in economics. He then studied at Hannover Medical School as a gynecologist. After marrying Heiko von der Leyen, a scion of a very wealthy silk merchant family who was given an aristocratic title by Napoleon, she lived again in Brussels. After immigrating to the US for four years, she was surprisingly gripped by the anxiety of political affairs in Germany and after returning, she began her political career. A career that in 2019 brought her to the position of President of the Commission.
Her term, which ended a while ago, was marked by COVID-19 and the war in Ukraine. From a suspicious and inhumane health crisis, from an unnecessary energy crisis, from the official declaration of Russia as a European enemy, from the economic sinking of the European GDP, from an illegal immigration policy, a real landmine for the European demographic, and from an electric shock of moral dissolution for the European societies. These are probably the darkest years since the establishment of the EU.
Ursula von der Leyen handled these crises like a dedicated employee of the United States. Her own words never came out of her mouth. What he declared, and what he did, primarily served the interests of the USA, the dictates of the international economic elite and, thirdly, its duties towards European citizens. The dissatisfaction of the citizens has been recorded so strongly, that they have “stuck” the nickname “von der Liar”.
Admittedly, her tenure went through many difficulties which at first reading, Ursula politically withstood. However, it seems that her rating was not very satisfactory in the notebooks of her superiors, since instead of promoting her to the position of Secretary General of NATO that she herself desired, they kept her stagnant in her current position, thus giving her the opportunity to pass another a term as President of the Commission. The EU does not expect anything good. from the second time of a President without a political imprint, a puppet President. An ominous Queen of Spades…
Somehow, we are in 2024 and the Europe of “democracy and progress” is not ruled by people with popular support, representing the will of the people, but descendants of an economic elite built on colonialism and the salons of the economic “nobilite'” of past centuries . And curiously, descendants of such economic dynasties, acquire political consciousness, after living in the USA.
After all, how far has the political system of Europe progressed? Is it still defined by dynasties of money and special acquaintances, as for so many years in the past?
Are they simply making fun of European citizens by changing titles such as e.g. “king” with “president” and “by the grace of God” with “parliamentary democracy”?
Does the ease with which EU citizens swallow their gross lies make them deserving of their fate?
