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VON DER LEYEN’S LEGACY: MISSING TEXTS, FINANCIAL CORRUPTION, AND THE SPITZENKADIDATEN
This brings us to our main discussion on Ursula Von Der Leyen and the continuing fall of globalist figures. In the first part of our discussion, we ought to address what the legacy of Ursula VDL’s leadership has been as context for why her implication in corruption is not a surprise at all. So, if there is one individual who, more than anyone else, symbolises the ineptitude of the European Commission then it is surely the Commission’s president, Ursula von der Leyen. And this is something that has been known for some time now. In fact, questions about VDL’s lack of probity first surfaced in 2015 when she was accused of plagiarising her doctoral dissertation. She was eventually cleared of the accusations but, the president of the Hannover Medical School, Christopher Baum, conceded that “Ms von der Leyen’s thesis did contain plagiarised material”, but he added “there had been no intent to deceive”.
Then, VDL’s lack of probity continued while she served as Germany’s Minister of Defence between 2013 and 2019. During her tenure at the ministry, she became embroiled in a scandal regarding payments of €250 million to consultants related to arms contracts. Germany’s Federal Audit Office found that, of the €250 million declared for consultancy fees, only €5.1 million had been spent! However, it did not stop there because one of the consultants was McKinsey & Company, where VDL’s son was an associate, thus raising a possible conflict of interest. It also emerged that messages related to the contracts had been deleted from two of VDL’s mobile phones. Although she was eventually cleared of corruption allegations, questions over her probity during that period remain to this day! Let me state now that text messages disappearing from VDL’s phone is a crucial fact to remember as we follow the thread in her political career.
Then, having evaded accountability, in July 2019 Emmanuel Macron, together with Angela Merkel, bypassed the Spitzen-kadida-ten process and nominated VDL as Jean-Claude Junker’s successor as head of the European Commission. The Spitzenkadidaten process, through which the lead candidate emerges and is then ratified by the European Parliament, is itself somewhat arcane, but here’s more on how it operates in principle.
Well, in VDL’s case, the Spitzenkadidaten process benefited her in that the EU could NOT agree on either of the two lead candidates at the time, being Martin Weber and Frans Timmermans. It was thus left to the consummate fixers to address the matter. And it so happened that the consummate fixers in those elections were both Emmanuel Macron, and VDL’s mentor, Angela Merkel. They came to an agreement on promoting VDL instead using what was essentially a ‘backroom deal’. Then, VDL’s nomination was accepted by the European Council and on the 16th of July the European Parliament voted to accept her appointment.
‘PFIZERGATE’: THE SCANDAL THAT HAS FOLLOWED URSULA VON DER LEYEN
Unfortunately, scandal did not end with the backroom deals in the Spitzenkadidaten process, or missing texts during Ursula VDL’s time in the German cabinet. More specifically, after she was appointed president of the European Commission, VDL again became embroiled in controversy, this time involving the procurement of the Covid-19 vaccine from Pfizer. The scandal, which the media dubbed Pfizergate, related to the purchase of 1.8 billion doses of the Pfizer vaccine for use across the EU. It transpired that: a) the number of doses was far greater than was required, resulting in a significant number having to be either destroyed or donated; b) the excess doses cost the EU €4 billion; c) the total value of the contract, which was reported as being approximately €20 billion, was inflated; and d) the most damaging charge, the contract for the vaccines was negotiated directly between VDL and Albert Bourla, the CEO of Pfizer. The negotiations were conducted using sms messages, which VDL later claimed to have deleted.
The New York Times, which initially carried out the investigation into Pfizergate, brought a lawsuit against the European Commission for failing to provide access to the sms conversations between VDL and Bourla. In Belgium, a lobbyist, Frederic Baldan, filed a criminal complaint citing corruption and the destruction of documents. The Belgian lawsuit was eventually taken over by the European Public Prosecutor’s Office, which opened a criminal investigation. During that period, the European commission sheltered Ursula VDL from accountability. You’d recall that German MEP Christine Anderson had her microphone cut off in the EU Parliament for calling out the corruption surrounding Ursula von der Leyen’s multi billion euro Pfizer vaccine contract; while MEP Mislav Kolakusic called out the corruption as well.
THE PROTECTION OF VON DER LEYEN IN PREVIOUS YEARS IS AN INDICTMENT ON THE E.U. COMMISSION
But ultimately, the fact that VDL has evaded accountability does not only speak to her corruption, it also speaks to the corruption in the European Commission in general – thus necessitating a broader discussion on the change in leadership in Europe. But, here is Romanian MEP Cristian Terhes warning that “We Are Witnessing The Biggest Corruption Coverup In EU History.”
One would have thought that VDL would have learned a lesson from all these past controversies, but it seems that scandals are a protruding feature of her leadership. Which brings us to her latest impropriety, being cronyism. In January of this year, VDL had appointed fellow CDU politician, Martin Pieper, to a newly created and lucrative post of special envoy for SMEs. The appointment was reported by La Matinale Europeenne in February but it wasn’t until April that the controversy surrounding the appointment received wide coverage in the English language media.
The appointment was controversial for two reasons: 1) the recruitment process was flawed and 2) the choice of Pieper was seen as politically motivated. On the first issue, it was revealed by an anonymous EU official that there had been two other candidates, one from Sweden and one from the Czech Republic, who had scored better than Pieper in the recruitment process. On the second issue, there was strong suspicion that Pieper had been chosen by VDL in order to curry favour with the CDU and thus win their backing for her reappointment as head of the European Commission.
The appointment sparked a strong response both from other members of the Commission and from MEPs. Four senior Commissioners, including Joseph Borrell and the Internal Market Commissioner, Thiery Breton, wrote to VDL on 27 March expressing their concern about the appointment’s lack of transparency and impartiality. On 11 April, MEPs voted by 382 to 144 to rescind Pieper’s appointment. Although the vote was not binding on the Commission, Pieper’s position became untenable and on 16 April he resigned. Daniel Freund, a German/Greens MEP, said that this scandal was “sad and shameful”; and added that he does not know how they can explain it to the voters” – which really captures the gravity of it all.
So, why did Ursula VDL evade accountability for all of these objectively provable corruption scandals? On the one hand, I think her political ascension was orchestrated (especially when you consider that she was not part of the lead candidates in 2019, but her mentor, Angela Merkel manipulated the Spitzenkadidaten process in a backroom deal to secure her nomination, and eventual vote. It’s the same thing with figures like Kamala Harris , Joe Biden and Hillary Clinton. Then on the other hand, I think Ursula VDL’s evasion of accountability is in part tied to her weaponisation of identity politics – which is the old feminist trick.
In fact, I believe you recall the event that took place in April 2021 where VDL had to sit on a sofa after Charles Michel took one of the only two chairs provided for a meeting with Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in April. This was portrayed as disrespect to Von Der Leyen on the basis that she is a woman. And irrespective of whether that was true, it has meant that criticism of her ought subsequently ought to be viewed in light of her being a woman. In fact, this is essentially what women who weaponise identity politics do: they create an uncommunicated expectation for them to be given the presumption of correctness or to be allowed to claim victimhood. That’s why we saw events like the “believe women”or “me too” movements.
THE TIDES HAVE TURNED: E.U. COURT ORDERS RELEASE OF PFIZER TEXTS
But, now, the tides have turned against Ursula VDL. More specifically, the European Union General Court rejected a European Commission decision not to disclose text messages Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and the CEO of Pfizer exchanged during negotiations for COVID-19 vaccines. The Luxembourg-based court said the Commission, which negotiated vaccine contracts on behalf of the 27-nation bloc during the pandemic, did not provide credible reasons for rejecting a New York Times request to hand over the texts. Von der Leyen has said she could not disclose the messages, which the court considered to be official EU documents, because she did not have them. The court, however, said the Commission had failed to plausibly justify why the texts were no longer in her possession. Here’s more.
Well, remember MEP Christine Anderson? Here she is emphasising the significance of this case, especially as someone who has spoken out about this corruption.
WHY IT IS NOTABLE THAT THE PFIZERGATE SCANDAL STUCK
So, clearly, Ursula VDL has been implicated in many scandals, that did not stick or delay her orchestrated ascension on the political ladder, which is why she conveniently championed – as head of the EU – many diabolical politics, including climate change focuses, compulsory vaccines and vaccine passports – to name a few.
So, why is it notable that pfizergate stuck? Firstly, because the Bible is clear on the role of pharmakeia: Revelation 18:23 tells us that merchants (which refers to pharmakeia or the pharmaceutical industry) will deceive the nations. In this case, leaders of nations are not exempt. People like Ursua VDL saw opportunities to profit from a vaccine holocaust but clearly did not imagine that the inspiration behind their cruelty would also be used against them. It happens often: people forget that the devil is cruel and hates all men: he will not hesitate to use them for his evil bidding and ALSO not miss out on an opportunity to not only use them but make a mockery of them as well.
The second reason why it is notable that Pfizergate stuck is because all those who were instrumental in the orchestration satanic and globalist agendas are being relegated to the dustbins of history, especially in the year of completeness where God has placed a moratorium on satanic and globalist agendas. This is thus to say that there is a trickle down effect: Soros. Schwab. And now Ursula Von Der Leyen (which is interesting because they are all European figures). But, it really is unmissable that the tides have shifted, and not only is their leadership questioned, but scandal and disgrace follow them, such that they are esteemed lightly.
VON DER LEYEN’S ROLE IN SATANIC AND GLOBALIST AGENDAS
Applies specifically to VDL – in other words what has been her role in satanic and globalist agendas. Generally VDL is a WEF regular and it is unmissable. In light of this, she has supported the WEF’s censorship industrial complex aspiration through asserting mis and disinformation as a threat that even surpassed the climate change hoax.
As you would have just heard, von der Leyen said 2024 was “the biggest electoral year in history”, and expressed concern that “freedom comes with risks.” She added that (and I quote directly) “There will always be those who try to exploit openness, both from inside and out. There will always be attempts to put us off track. For example, with disinformation and misinformation.” (end quote). Well, she also touted the EU Digital Services Act, which under the guise of preventing ‘hate speech’, establishes controls over all information on social media platforms. And so, she has not only advocated for restrictions on free speech, but she has also supported legislation that has infringed on this inalienable freedom.
Then secondly, not only was VDL closing corrupt contrasts with Pfrizer CEOs, but she was also pushing those vaccines as a necessity, while the EU further demanded vaccine certificates. This was perhaps tasteless captures in a post she made on the 1st of July in the year 2021, when she said (quote): “In time for summer! The EUCOVID Certificate is now up and running. Get yours today” as if she was not casually asking people to forgo the freedom on movement and bodily autonomy in Europe.
Furthermore, Ursula VDL has been culpable in the great replacement agenda through mass migration. This is also tied to the fact that many are saying she is ruining the European economy with climate insanity and spending billions of tax euros on foreign wars and hostile regimes.
These are all reasons why Ursula Von Der Leyen has been a liability to Europe, but all should be held accountable. Indeed, we have surely prayed, and continue to pray. Therefore, in this glorious Year of Completeness, all satanic and globalist agendas are suspended; they will live in our world, and we will not live in theirs, as we wrap up the Church age. And so, let us keep fighting the good fight of faith, because we have truly already won.
Written By Lindokuhle Mabaso
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