Ursula von der Who? Polling shows many EU citizens don’t know who Commission president is
Some 45% of respondents to a POLITICO poll in Germany said von der Leyen was doing a bad job.
A POLITICO poll conducted in Germany, Spain, and France reveals that many EU citizens are unfamiliar with and dissatisfied with Commission President Ursula von der Leyen. Only around one in five respondents in each country said von der Leyen was doing a good job, while nearly one in three in Spain and France, and 45% in Germany, said she was doing a bad job.
In France and Spain, more respondents either had no opinion or had never heard of von der Leyen. Half of German voters who oppose her performance are members of the far-right Alternative for Germany party. The poll, conducted from September 13 to 15, found that only one in 10 respondents across the three countries planned to follow von der Leyen's annual State of the Union address closely, with just over one in three showing any interest.
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