Why I'm voting against the Von Ver Leyen commission →
“President Ursula von der Leyen's preferred rhetoric during the reveal of her proposed Commission is a far cry from the alluring language she imploringly employed when pressing the European Parliament for its support just two months ago.
Rather than committing towards creating an inclusive, compassionate Europe centred around equality and humanity, von der Leyen has shown her shameful hand by establishing an office for "protecting our European way of life", and enlisting the commissioner responsible to coordinate the application of inhumane immigration controls and heartlessness in our hard external borders…”