European Union’s top official on Monday warned lawmakers not to fall for Russian President Vladimir Putin’s attempts to divide Europe and urged them to work together for the bloc’s 450 million citizens, ahead of two no confidence votes this week. “We need to focus on what really matters, which is to deliver for Europeans,” Ursula von der Leyen said at the assembly in Strasbourg, France. “Our adversaries are not only ready to exploit any divisions – they are actively inciting those divisions in the first place.” She said that Putin has “obedient friends in Europe who are doing his work for him.” Two political families in the European Parliament – one from Europe’s far left, the other representing the far right – have tabled censure motions against von der Leyen.
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