Short flight of Ursula von der Leyen in private plane is controversial

• About 80 km of road is the distance between Vienna and Bratislava,

  the capitals of Austria and Slovakia.

• The President of the European Commission has however chosen to travel this distance by private plane during an official trip in June, as recalled by a message that has gone viral on Twitter.

• The Commission is defending a logistical choice, the president having visited six countries in three days during a tour to present the recovery plans of the EU countries.

The flight of discord.

As COP26 just ended in Glasgow, a message indicating that Ursula von der Leyen, the President of the European Commission, took a private plane from Vienna, the Austrian capital, to Bratislava, the capital of Slovakia , has gone viral on Twitter.

The two towns are approximately 80km away by road.

“Madame Ursula von der Leyen taking a private jet from Vienna to Bratislava (19 minutes flight, 47km) to explain to me that my diesel is a danger to the planet!

», Can we read on this message shared more than 4,700 times on Twitter and accompanied by an old photo of the president boarding a plane.

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Ursula von der Leyen did well on this flight on June 21, confirms a spokesperson for the European Commission at

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If it is this mode of transport which has been preferred, it is for “logistical” reasons, develops the Commission, Ursula von der Leyen having visited six countries in three days.

“Alternatives were explored, but from a logistical point of view there was no other option than a plane taxi.

The president had to fly from Bratislava to Riga [the Latvian capital] on the same plane that same evening.

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The plane was also preferred because of the health context, adds the spokesperson: “Concerns have been expressed about the use of regular flights or trains due to Covid-19.

The crew who supervised the six flights were fully tested.

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Six countries visited in three days to present recovery plans

These three days of travel cost 8,839.13 euros in transport per person.

These costs, as well as those related to Ursula von der Leyen's other travel, are available online on the European Commission website.

This site, however, does not specify the mode of transportation used for each official visit.

These express trips, spread over three days from June 21 to 23, saw the president travel to Austria, Slovakia, Latvia, Germany, Italy and France to present the recovery plans intended to face the crisis. caused by Covid-19.

According to the British daily

, which was the first to mention this flight between the Austrian and Slovak capitals, Ursula von der Leyen has taken private planes 18 times since December 2019, when she became President of the Commission .

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