EU budget must bankroll Europe’s independence, von der Leyen says
Commission president’s pitch for a €2 trillion spending plan comes as the bloc weighs how to reduce its reliance on the U.S. and China — and faces a German-led push for hundreds of billions of euros in cuts.
<p>Commission president’s pitch for a €2 trillion spending plan comes as the bloc weighs how to reduce its reliance on the U.S. and China — and faces a German-led push for hundreds of billions of euros in cuts.</p>