--- title: "Ursula von der Leyen: everything in the record, dated and linked" description: "Ursula von der Leyen, President, European Commission. Every dated statement and action, linked to its source, plus live headlines naming them." canonical: https://monitor.paciva.ai/person-ursula-von-der-leyen source: AI News Monitor publisher: Paciva license: CC BY 4.0 updated: 2026-11-11T12:27:15.376Z keywords: Ursula von der Leyen, Ursula von der Leyen AI, Ursula von der Leyen quotes, Ursula von der Leyen statements, Ursula von der Leyen on AI, what Ursula von der Leyen said about AI, AI leaders, AI news --- > Ursula von der Leyen, President, European Commission. Every dated statement and action, linked to its source, plus live headlines naming them. Read on the web: https://monitor.paciva.ai/person-ursula-von-der-leyen The record behind this page is public and citable. Every figure has a dated row behind it, and the rows are at https://monitor.paciva.ai/api/ledger # Ursula von der Leyen [Image credit](https://monitor.paciva.ai/about#credit-ursula-von-der-leyen) President, European Commission · European Commission ## Why now No headline this week names Ursula von der Leyen. ## What they said 3 dated items: statements, actions and media appearances by Ursula von der Leyen, linked to their sources and ordered newest first. - Feb 11, 2025 In the record "The AI race is far from over. Truth is, we are only at the beginning." [Events](https://monitor.paciva.ai/topic-events) · [pubaffairsbruxelles.eu](https://www.pubaffairsbruxelles.eu/eu-institution-news/speech-by-president-von-der-leyen-at-the-artificial-intelligence-action-summit/) - Jan 16, 2024 In the record "AI can boost productivity at unprecedented speed. First movers will be rewarded and the global race is already on." [Economy](https://monitor.paciva.ai/topic-economy) · [Events](https://monitor.paciva.ai/topic-events) · [weforum.org](https://www.weforum.org/stories/2024/01/ursula-von-der-leyen-full-speech-davos/) - Sep 13, 2023 In the record "Our number one priority is to ensure AI develops in a human-centric, transparent and responsible way." [Safety & Risk](https://monitor.paciva.ai/topic-safety) · [Policy & Regulation](https://monitor.paciva.ai/topic-policy) · [europa.eu](https://www.eeas.europa.eu/delegations/united-kingdom/2023-state-union-address-president-von-der-leyen_en) [Correct this record](https://monitor.paciva.ai/notes?skind=correction&sctx=Ursula%20von%20der%20Leyen#suggest) ## Where they are named ## Stories naming Ursula von der Leyen ## Where the record shows more than one item on a topic Each line is one topic in date order. The Monitor shows the sequence and links every item; it draws no conclusion from it. - Jan 16, 2024 ["AI can boost productivity at unprecedented speed. First movers will be rewarded and the global race is already on."](https://www.weforum.org/stories/2024/01/ursula-von-der-leyen-full-speech-davos/) - Feb 11, 2025 ["The AI race is far from over. Truth is, we are only at the beginning."](https://www.pubaffairsbruxelles.eu/eu-institution-news/speech-by-president-von-der-leyen-at-the-artificial-intelligence-action-summit/) ## Nothing on file What a filing or a published statement says about money, employment or affiliation. Each row states the relationship, the date it is filed as of, and the document it comes from. Nothing here says why anyone did anything. No interest on file for Ursula von der Leyen. The Monitor records a disclosed interest only where a filing or the person's own published statement states one. An empty list means none has been recorded, not that none exists. Every political contribution and lobbying registration on this site is also listed together in [the ledger](https://monitor.paciva.ai/#ledger). ## Compare Ursula von der Leyen with someone else Pick a second person and read both records in date order, on one screen.