European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on Friday said she wants to enable higher defence spending in the European Union by allowing a deviation from the bloc's strict debt rules. "This will allow member states to substantially increase their defence expenditure,

The European Union will provide 50 billion euros ($51.6 billion) of EU funds to bolster the bloc's artificial intelligence ambitions, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said on Tuesday,

"Trade wars and punitive tariffs make no sense," said von der Leyen, drawing applause from the audience in Munich.

PARIS (Reuters) - European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen delivered a speech on the European Union's AI aims at the Paris AI Summit on Tuesday. Below are some key quotes from her speech:

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen will meet U.S. Vice President JD Vance in Paris on Tuesday during an AI summit, a spokesperson for the commission said on Monday.

AI race is 'far from being over,' European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen says at AI summit in Paris - Anadolu Ajansı

Officials need to manage diplomatic negotiations in a more volatile geopolitical environment the Commission President said in reference to a possible trade war between the bloc and the U.S.

EU CHIEF Ursula von der Leyen on Tuesday (Feb 11) announced a push to channel 200 billion euros in public and private investments into Europe’s nascent artificial intelligence industry. Read more at The Business Times.