Ursula von der Leien received no invitation for Donald Trump’s inauguration

The President of the Commission who is still recovering from pneumonia learned on Friday (0.01.2025) that she did not receive an invitation to attend his inauguration on January 20. “We have not received an invitation and there is no programme to attend (ed. Ursula von der Leien) to it (ed. inauguration Donald Trump),” said Commission representative Paula Pinio, during the European Commission’s daily press briefing, and added: ADVERSE “We try to get in touch as soon as possible with the new government” of the United States and before 20 January, the day of the inauguration of the 47th President of the United States. The year did not start well for Ursula von der Leien, as she had to be hospitalized for a week with heavy pneumonia at the University Hospital in Hanover. Shortly after the change of year, the 66-year-old president of the European Commission became very ill with pneumonia hospitalized for a week, the German News Agency reported. “However, she now feels much better and can work from her home,” DPA ADVERSE said The European Commission had not announced that von der Leien was being hospitalized, despite having cancelled her external appointments for the first two weeks of January. A Commission representative said von der Leien did not enter the intensive care room and had daily contact with her team. In fact, earlier Friday (10.01.2025), Ursula von der Lyen “upgraded” to Instagram a photo of her showing her working from home. View this post on Instagram Over the last few days, von der Leien talked among other things by telephone with Georgia Meloni, before the Italian Prime Minister met with the new US president, Donald Trump, in Florida.