US President Joe Biden believes European Commission (EC) chief Ursula von der Leyen is the best candidate to lead NATO in 2024. It was reported by The Daily Telegraph citing unnamed sources in the alliance.
According to one of the publication’s sources, the US leader was trying to persuade the German politician to take over as head of NATO because of fears that a worthy replacement for the bloc’s current general secretary Jens Stoltenberg could not be found in the coming 12 months.
“We will have a problem next year because it is becoming clear that the situation will not get any better than this year,” another source added.
Another newspaper interlocutor explained that Biden and von der Leyen have developed a “strong bond” in recent years, which has strengthened the transatlantic engagement on China, Ukraine and climate issues. According to the publication, the EC head now “relies on Washington for intelligence,” which means abandoning the previous approach, where information from European intelligence agencies was considered primary.
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