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Von der Leyen takes EU mutual defence clause from Cyprus to Berlin

By Andreas Bimbishis

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen told German Christian Democrat lawmakers on Monday that activating the EU’s mutual defence clause is no longer a question of whether it should happen, but of how to make it work — carrying forward a debate that Cyprus opened at last week’s informal European Council in Ayia Napa. […]