2 men and 2 women tapped for top EU roles: COGwriter expects EU Commission President nominee Ursula von der Leyen to push for EU Army
Ursula Gertrud von der Leyen (Kuhlmann /MSC)
The EU has made some tentative selections of leaders:
EU Leaders Break Deadlock, Naming Two Women to Fill Top Spots
July 3, 2019
PARIS – European Union leaders picked two women, German Defense Minister Ursula von der Leyen and current International Monetary Fund chief Christine Lagarde, to fill the bloc’s top slots, breaking an extensive deadlock over candidates.
For the first time in European Union history, two of the bloc’s most powerful positions will be headed by women — assuming the European Parliament gives their nominations a thumbs up (approval). Ending weeks of wrangling that reflected geographic and political divides, EU leaders agreed on German Defense Minister Ursula von der Leyen as president of the next European Commission, the bloc’s executive arm. Former French finance minister and current IMF head Christine Lagarde was nominated to head the powerful European Central Bank.
Belgium’s acting prime minister Charles Michel was selected to fill a third top spot —president of the European Council that gathers the EU heads of state. … All the nominees come from the EU’s founding member states. https://www.voanews.com/europe/eu-leaders-break-deadlock-naming-two-women-fill-top-spots
July 3, 2019
BRUSSELS (AP) — Italian socialist David-Maria Sassoli was elected Wednesday to head the European parliament, completing the bloc’s drawn-out and at times acrimonious appointment process for its top jobs.
The European Parliament has an array of powers within the EU including given its ascent to the others that EU leaders picked for its top jobs.
None are more important, perhaps, than deciding whether to back German defense minister Ursula von der Leyen as the next president of the EU’s executive Commission president, replacing Jean-Claude Juncker.
On Tuesday, EU leaders also nominated Belgium’s Prime Minister Charles Michel to lead the European Council, which brings together the leaders of the member states. And Frenchwoman Christine Lagarde was tapped to be president of the European Central Bank and Spain’s Josep Borrell the bloc’s foreign policy chief.
All were linked in one big compromise arrangement and voting down Sassoli would have upset the political balance of the drawn-out and complicated process.
Sassoli succeeds fellow Italian Antonio Tajani, an Italian EPP Christian Democrat who stepped down on Wednesday. https://www.apnews.com/1de36a018ff84c698ce2748aaf2daa2d
3 July 2019
The European Council proposed German Defense Minister Ursula von der Leyen to become European Commission president, European Council President Donald Tusk said.
Von der Leyen, a member of German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservatives (CDU/CSU), would be the first female Commission president if confirmed by the European Parliament. Her nomination needs an absolute majority of the chamber’s 751 members to be ratified.
Tusk welcomed the gender balance in the nominations for the four top EU jobs: “First and foremost, we have chosen two women and two men for the four key positions. A perfect gender balance. I am really happy about it.”
All four top jobs need to be confirmed by the European Parliament. https://www.dw.com/en/eu-leaders-pick-germanys-ursula-von-der-leyen-to-lead-european-commission/a-49446097
The fact that ALL the nominees came from ‘EU’s “founding member states,” all of which are from Western Europe may not sit well with those from the East.
The Bible warns about unity issues with the final European Beast power (Daniel 2:41-43), yet shows that it will form anyway when, after a reorganization, it coalesces behind a totalitarian leader (cf. Revelation 17:12-13).
Despite what many now think, Daniel 11:25 teaches that Europe will have “a great army.”
Now, I have been reporting about German Defense Minister Ursula von der Leyen for some time as she looks to be one working to fulfill prophecies like Daniel 11:25.
Here are some items previously reported on the COGwriter Church of God News page:
DONALD Trump’s election victory – along with Brexit in the UK- will speed up the plans for a European army, according to Germany’s defence minister Ursula von der Leyen. (Thiel B. As foretold here, more calls for a European army! Guttenberg: ‘There will be a terrible awakening for Europe’. COGwriter, November 11, 2016)
November 9, 2016
German Defense Minister Ursula von der Leyen told German public broadcaster ARD on Wednesday morning that Trump’s victory was a “deep shock.” She added: “I think Donald Trump also knows that this election was not for him but was against Washington, against the establishment.”In terms of what the election might mean for Germany, von der Leyen said: “Europe has to prepare for the fact that it must provide for itself,” including a larger defense budget. ” http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/european-leaders-and-politicians-react-to-trump-victory-a-1120478.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=facebook#ref=rss”
Empire Unification through War
Last week, Germany’s Minister of Defense, Ursula von der Leyen again reiterated that the launching of the EU’s military union is to achieve strategic “independence” [13] – in relationship to the United States. The defense ministry also declared that this step has an “overriding added value … at the political level:” “The EU’s integration process is receiving a new boost with the EU’s defense union.”[14] 12/11/17 https://www.german-foreign-policy.com/en/news/detail/7477/
German Predominance
The German Ministry of Defense explicitly points out that PESCO “is similar to NATO’s Framework Nations Concept.” “It also involves projects that cannot be jointly implemented with all partner countries …
According to Germany’s Defense Ministry, the militarization of the EU is a “grassroots issue.” “European citizens” expect the EU to be more active in areas of “security and defense.”[10] With the militarization of the EU, Berlin and Brussels are merely fulfilling these expectations. 11/08/17 https://www.german-foreign-policy.com/en/news/detail/7443/
10 January 2019
‘This community needs to be able to defend itself’: Germany’s defence minister says the EU is already building a ‘united’ army
- German defence minister says how Europe is already creating a joint force
- Ursula von der Leyen said Germany and France are the ‘driving forces’ of defence
- She hit back at those sceptical at the European Union’s PESCO defence scheme
- One PESCO project, adopted in late November, involves France, Belgium and Cyprus developing a Beyond Line of Sight Land Battlefield missile systems family …
The PESCO scheme, an acronym for Permanent Structured Cooperation, involves 25 armies working with one another.
One such project, adopted in late November, involves France, Belgium and Cyprus developing a Beyond Line of Sight Land Battlefield missile systems family.
Another project, adopted in March last year, involves Greece, Italy and Slovakia developing and building a prototype European Armoured Infantry Fighting Vehicle.
She said that 25 countries had joined ‘not because we’re following requirements from Brussels but voluntarily because the benefits are obvious and because it’s in Europe’s security interests’. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6579077/Germanys-defence-minister-says-EU-building-united-army.html?ITO=applenews
9 July 2018
BERLIN/BRUSSELS(Own report) – In the run-up to this week’s NATO summit, the debate on the German military budget’s massive increase is continuing. Following the government’s decision to increase next year’s military budget by more than 10 percent to €42.9 billion, Defense Minister Ursula von der Leyen is suggesting the possibility of a further increase to around €60 billion by 2024 … https://www.german-foreign-policy.com/en/news/detail/7667/
November 8, 2018
Germany’s Minister of Defense, Ursula von der Leyen immediately contradicted Macron, Tuesday, making it clear that the German government continues to rely on PESCO, rather than Paris’ IEI. “A European army must be set up within and not outside the European Union,” von der Leyen said in Berlin. https://www.german-foreign-policy.com/en/news/detail/7779/
Germany creates DARPA-like cybersecurity agency
The German government has announced the creation of a federal agency tasked with creating cutting-edge defense technology. But some lawmakers are worried that it may develop state-of-the-art offensive capabilities.
29 August 2018
The German government on Wednesday agreed to create a new cybersecurity agency tasked with innovating technology for defense purposes.
German Defense Minister Ursula von der Leyen said the agency allows Germany to invest in new technologies and the protection of critical digital infrastructure. She added that the agency would also partner with other EU countries on agency projects. …
The agency is expected to resemble a defense body akin to the US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), which is credited with developing the early internet and GPS, von der Leyen said. …
The question of military-led cyberwarfare has been a contentious subject for years. Some German lawmakers have questioned whether the Bundeswehr should be able to launch offensive cyberattacks.
But von der Leyen noted that the same rules that apply to Germany in the “analogue world will also apply to the virtual one.” https://www.dw.com/en/germany-creates-darpa-like-cybersecurity-agency/a-45266458
German army ‘could recruit EU citizens’
27 December 2018
Seven years after Germany scrapped conscription, its defence chief has said employing EU citizens is “an option” to fill expert posts. …
The armed forces have been beset by years of under-investment.
Germany aims to increase its military by 21,000 personnel by 2025.
It has also pledged to raise its defence budget from 1.2% to to 1.5% of its gross domestic product by 2024, in the face of criticism from President Donald Trump that it does not meet the Nato target of 2% of GDP.
Defence Minister Ursula von der Leyen said in an interview on Thursday that 182,000 uniformed soldiers were now employed by the army, a rise of 6,500 in two years. Within seven years, that should reach 203,000. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-46692176
The multi-national proposal sounds like part of a European army. And, because of Brexit, one that would not include UK citizens. And Ursula von der Leyen was a proponent.
Ursula von der Leyen has been a driving force behind Europe’s PESCO and a European army. As cited above, she stated, “A European army must be set up within and not outside the European Union.”
And now she has been nominated to be the next European Commission president, even if she does not get that post, URSULA VON DER LEYEN’S NOMINATION SHOULD HELP MAKE IT OBVIOUS THAT EUROPE IS DETERMINED TO BE A MAJOR MILITARY POWER.
Now, some in Europe (see ‘PESCO is not about peace, it is about preparing for EU wars’) as well as in the USA (see US warns EU against projects like PESCO: This will not turn out well for the US) have had concerns about PESCO, which is something that Ursula von der Leyen has pushed.
Last November, the Continuing Church of God (CCOG) put together the following video on our Bible News Prophecy YouTube channel:
PESCO and a Great European Army
In November 2018, French President Macron called for a “true European army” because of China, Russia, and the USA. Some others in Europe have echoed that sentiment. On November 9, 2018, US President Donald Trump called that an insult, but the next day said that the USA wanted “a very strong Europe.” Emmanuel Macron referred to Donald Trump as “my friend” and indicated a desire to strengthen Europe’s military spending. In December 2017, 25 European nations agreed to be part of a military alliance called PESCO. Europe also has NATO and IEI. Will Europe end up with “a great army”? Has Donald Trump’s announcement to withdraw from the 1987 Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty gotten some to say that Europe must rebel against the USA? Is the idea of a United States of Europe and a European army a “paranoid fantasy” or a biblical reality? Will the USA regret Europe becoming a stronger military power? Will the USA be betrayed by “friends” such as its continental European allies? Does the Bible teach any or all of this? Are there connections to the Beast of Revelation or the King of the North of Daniel 11? Dr. Thiel addresses these matters in this video.
Here is a link to the sermonette video: PESCO and a Great European Army.
Europe is taking military steps and nominating Ursula von der Leyen for EU Commission President is another one.
The Bible shows that Europe will have a military so powerful that it is prophesied to defeat the USA (Daniel 11:39), its British-descended allies (cf. Daniel 8:24-25), and a coming confederation in North Africa and the Middle East (Daniel 11:40-43).
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