X owner Elon Musk took aim at the newly approved European Commission on Wednesday, calling the body “undemocratic,” the latest of a series of his public critiques of European Union institutions and policymaking. “The EU parliament should vote directly on matters, not give up authority to the EU commission,” Musk, a close adviser to United States President-elect Donald Trump, posted to social media after members of the European Parliament green-lit the new Commission cohort. But the Parliament does get the chance to vote directly on the European commissioners. Together with national government representatives in the EU Council, members of the…
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European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, a trained medical doctor, put her skills to use mid-flight on Wednesday after a passenger suffered an emergency during her return to Brussels from the G20 summit in Rio de Janeiro. The Commission president stepped in to provide medical assistance to a passenger who “needed medical attention,” after airline staff called for help on a flight from Zurich to Brussels, Commission spokesperson Arianna Podesta confirmed. “As happens in these cases, the airline personnel onboard asked if any passenger had medical knowledge,” Podesta said. “The president therefore assisted the passenger in need until we…