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Gérard Araud, the former French ambassador to the United States, during a Euronews interview.

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Video. Von der Leyen 'acting outside of competence,' Araud tells Euronews

Updated: 10/03/2026 - 20:09 GMT+1

Gérard Araud told Euronews Ursula von der Leyen is overstepping her mandate on foreign policy as Commission chief and pushing a German line on the 27. While not historically a competence of the Commission, von der Leyen is establishing her own line on geopolitics - not without friction.

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