“Von der Leyen will take Europeans’ savings”: What lies behind the claim?
Translated from Lithuanian and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.
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- Social-media posts claimed the European Union planned to seize Europeans’ private savings after Ursula von der Leyen’s speech in Paris on Aug. 27.
- Von der Leyen referred to €10 trillion in unused household savings that could be mobilized for the EU, but did not say the money would be confiscated.
A speech about Europe’s unused household savings was recast on social media as a plan to take people’s money.
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen spoke in Paris on Aug. 27 about €10 trillion in household savings that are currently not being used. The remarks prompted claims that the European Union intended to seize Europeans’ private savings.
The account draws a distinction between directing savings toward the EU’s needs and confiscating them. Von der Leyen’s reference to the money did not mean that private savings would be taken from their owners.
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Originally published by Delfi in Lithuanian. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.
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