{"id":441382,"date":"2025-12-05T11:37:58","date_gmt":"2025-12-05T10:37:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/2025\/12\/05\/ribera-si-ribella-a-von-der-leyen\/"},"modified":"2025-12-05T11:58:31","modified_gmt":"2025-12-05T10:58:31","slug":"ribera-breaks-with-von-der-leyen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/2025\/12\/05\/ribera-breaks-with-von-der-leyen\/","title":{"rendered":"Ribera breaks with von der Leyen"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Brussels &#8211;&nbsp;The European Commission&#8217;s Vice-President Teresa Ribera yesterday (4 December) <strong>expressed her unease&nbsp;with the policy imposed by President Ursula von der Leyen on the Green Deal<\/strong> and simplification, daring to oppose the President publicly for the first time.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Simplification through omnibuses? &#8220;A terrible political spectacle,&#8221; Ribera said in a speech at the Bruegel. &#8220;On too many occasions, we have this sense that it is not simplification but a messy combination of things that end in uncertainty,&#8221;&nbsp;she added.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>A Spanish socialist, Ribera, is the Commission&#8217;s number two. She was supposed to be&nbsp;a counterweight to the rightward shift&nbsp;in the internal balance of the College, chaired by von der Leyen. However,&nbsp;during her first year in office, Ribera remained a passive&nbsp;spectator, not daring to rebel against the President. Yesterday,&nbsp;<strong>Ribera criticised &#8220;deregulation&#8221; because &#8220;it is a kind of Trumpist approach against being stable, reliable, and predictable<\/strong>. It weakens our standards. It lowers the credibility of the internal market,&nbsp;it enlarges inequalities and distortions&#8221;. This article was entirely taken from the original published by &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/davidcarretta.substack.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Il Mattinale Europeo<\/a>.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Commission Vice-President criticised &#8216;deregulation&#8217; because &#8216;it is a kind of Trumpist approach against being stable, reliable, and predictable. 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