“Von der Leyen is incompetent, we would need to be in lockdown like cockroaches,” declared Roberto Vannacci, MEP for the european group ESN and member of the Italian party Futuro Nazionale, during the plenary session held in Strasbourg. The MEP used harsh words towards Europe and President von der Leyen, whom he called incompetent for her role and who should resign. He believes that the likely European strategy at this time of crisis in the Middle East is a widespread lockdown, and that instead we should return to dialogue with Putin, he said.
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