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McKinsey controversy

Apparently, VDL was involved in a scandal with McKinsey:

https://www.politico.eu/article/von-der-leyen-admits-mistakes-in-contracting-scandal-but-stands-her-ground/

https://www.politico.eu/article/ursula-von-der-leyen-biography-career-inconvenient-truth/

https://www.politico.eu/article/mckinsey-steers-munich-security-conference-german-government-mcleyen-berlin-von-der-leyen-suder-wolfgang-ischinger-joe-biden-nato/

https://www.politico.eu/article/the-scandal-hanging-over-ursula-von-der-leyen/

https://taz.de/Berateraffaere-Verteidigungsministerium/!5579453/

Also slightly related but not reported is that her son took a job there: https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-von-der-leyen-b34a2778/

Will create a section but I'd prefer if someone more knowledgeable volunteers instead Oneequalsequalsone (talk) 13:29, 17 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

It's in the article twice already. If you're currently reading on it you might take the opportunity to merge the two sections Controversy and investigation over award of contracts by German defence ministry and "Consultants affair". JackTheSecond (talk) 23:48, 17 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Tbh I only did a ctrl+f for "mckinsey" which wasn't mentioned anywhere in the page. It seems to me that McKinsey has had a major part in this and should be explicitly named in the section heading Oneequalsequalsone (talk) 12:23, 18 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

fluent English

@K1812 I see you made your point through editing. I agree that a German newspaper writing to a German audience will not have the evaluation of "excellent" English that a wiki article needs.

Do you mind explaining why you felt that "fluent" was overstating things? Mind that fluent does not mean perfect, or accent-free or anything. Do you think additional sources are needed? Like these: Vogue, BBC - both make "fluent" explicit. JackTheSecond (talk) 20:01, 19 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@JackTheSecond Mrs. von der Leyen lacks basic understanding of English pronunciation. As i didn't think it a good idea to write "von der Leyen speaks poor English fluently", i left out her ability to speak English entirely and wrote "von der Leyen understands English". K1812 (talk) 22:34, 19 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@K1812 ... So the article was entirely factual in the first place, and you inserted your own views into it? JackTheSecond (talk) 22:40, 19 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I didn't insert my own views, a removed a misleading statement. K1812 (talk) 23:18, 19 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

That sounds like original research. Sources for "fluent in English and French": [1], [2]. Do you have a source for "lacks basic understanding of English pronunciation"? —Kusma (talk) 22:48, 19 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

We don't need sources for obvious facts. But if you haven't noticed that she lacks a basic understanding of English pronunciation, just listen to how she pronounces the word "of" in

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gZ33MImV4-s at 1:30 to 1:37. K1812 (talk) 23:27, 19 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

> We don't need sources for obvious facts.

It is not an obvious fact that someone speaks English poorly. It is something that you have decided based on primary source material. That is the definition of original research. It's a pretty core principal on wikipedia. Future Contributor (talk) 00:06, 26 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I am a fluent english speaker from scotland. Von der leyen speaks fluent english with a german accent, which does not impact on her fluency. By your criteria,with my scottish accent, I am not a fluent speaker. Why are you so bothered by this in any case? I also speak fluent french with a scottish accent, so what is your point other than to demonstrate your complete ignorance concerning the concept of language fluency? 109.210.107.21 (talk) 16:17, 17 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Number of German votes as CDU candidate on the 2024 German CDU list for the 2024 EU Parliament Elections

How many votes does it take to become a EU Parliamentarian for Germany? How many votes did Ms von der Leyen obtain? Thy, SvenAERTS (talk) 14:54, 13 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Mother of Ursula von der Leyen

Why is not mentioned her mother Heidi-Adele Albrecht(née Strohmeyer) ? In the German entry of Wikipedia it is mentioned. https://www.kas.de/en/web/geschichte-der-cdu/biogram-detail/-/content/ursula-von-der-leyen-2#youth Judge Zeus (talk) 01:16, 10 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]