EU Ethics Watchdog Opens Inquiry Into Von Der Leyen's Mercosur Text
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The EU's ethics watchdog has opened an inquiry into EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen's handling of the Mercosur trade text, sparking scrutiny of her actions; the limited discussion on HN suggests a wait-and-see approach.
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> The Commission said it could not identify the message despite “exhaustive research”. It also explained that the text had been sent via the instant-messaging mobile app Signal with the ‘disappearing messages’ function activated, and was therefore no longer stored on von der Leyen’s official phone.
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