The president of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, has called for a new era of EU integration to sustain growth in the face of a global economy “fracturing along new lines” as Donald Trump enters the White House.
Speaking at the World Economic Forum in Davos while the US president prepares to press ahead with his protectionist agenda, the head of the EU executive said the bloc could no longer rely on the approach that has sustained it this century.
