JUST IN - EU President Ursula von der Leyen says that people's savings accounts are a problem

YouTube ^ | August 31, 2026 | UninformedInvestors

[Red Badger]

VIDEO AT LINK.

FRENCH TO ENGLISH TRANSCRIPT:

0:00 Savings. 0:02 Unfortunately, these savings are idle. 0:05 Today, €10 trillion in household savings remains in bank deposits, 0:14 and a significant portion of European savings is invested outside our continent. Europe must now 0:23 put these funds to work for our companies—and that is the goal of the Savings and Investment Union. 0:32 We have put proposals on the table regarding securitization, investments by banks and 0:40 insurance companies, and the integration of our markets and their supervision. 0:48 Together, these measures can unlock up to €470 billion in additional investment.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Travel
KEYWORDS: r

[MCF]

Europe is getting desperate for money, any money:
https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4394004/posts

[sphinx]

The President of the EU thinks money in savings accounts sits idle?????

Because banks put piles of currency in vaults and leave them there?????

She must have gone to Harvard to be that stupid.

[Red Badger]

“She must have gone to Harvard to be that stupid.”

And Yale..................

[Red Badger]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ursula_von_der_Leyen

Education:
University of Göttingen
London School of Economics
Hannover Medical School (MD, MPH)

Her great grandmother was a South Carolinian Planter Class slave owner!........

[cpdiii]

Once you understand that Socialists, Marxists, and Communists are all the same and consider all assets material and financial the property of the state you will understand the evil.

[cpdiii]

The President of the EU thinks money in savings accounts sits idle????? Because banks put piles of currency in vaults and leave them there????? She must have gone to Harvard to be that stupid.

Even the Drug Lords understand basic economics. They do not sit on their assets. Their biggest problem is cleaning the money so they can invest into legitimate enterprises and investment. That is where corrupt banks come in.

[Ahithophel]

No, Ursula - you are the problem.

[Georgia Girl 2]

Time for an EU taxpayer haircut.

[Cronos]

Note - it is technically incorrect to call Ursula von der Leyen the “EU President” because no single person holds that title.

Power is split across different EU institutions, each with its own president.

She is the President of the EU Commission i.e. the chief bureaucrat to execute what the EU Council and EU parliament tell her to execute. The EU Council proposes new laws, manages the EU budget, and ensures member states follow EU rules

You also have:
- President of the European Council (António Costa), which guides the political direction of the bloc. His job is to get together national prime ministers and presidents to set the long-term political direction of the bloc
- President of the European Parliament (Roberta Metsola). Chairing the legislate branch that refines and approves/rejects laws.

[SaveFerris]

(You will own nothing. And your masters will be happy.)

(For the thread)

Ursula von der Leyen is a World Economic Forum stooge

Nigel Farage said she wants a Global Digital ID backed up by a CBDC

Canada's Mark Carney is a World Economic Forum Globalist Stooge too

[SaveFerris]

Nigel Farage called Ursula von der Leyen
“the un-elected boss of the European Commission”

[Psalm 73]

"...€10 trillion in household savings remains in bank deposits...and a significant portion of European savings is invested outside our continent. Europe must now put these funds to work..."

Shame these Europeans have no gun rights.

[redfreedom]

Remember when Cyprus implemented a controversial bank account “haircut” in March 2013?

It’s where the Cypriot government took money from citizens’ bank accounts. Account holders lost a massive chunk of their savings—with estimates reaching nearly 50% for those holding large sums.

This old blonde commie could be leading up to the same thing.

[Red Badger]

So, it’s really a ‘Triumvirate’ like in Old Rome. Some things never change............

[machman]

>>>>”The President of the EU thinks money in savings accounts sits idle?????

Because banks put piles of currency in vaults and leave them there?????

She must have gone to Harvard to be that stupid”<<<<<

EU President: Banking? How does it work??????

[Cronos]

RB So, it’s really a ‘Triumvirate’ like in Old Rome. Some things never change.....

Actually it's not at all like the Roman TriumvirateS

The Triumvirates (the first Crassus-Caesar-Pompey and the second Antony-Octavian-Lepidus) were not formal organizational structures and didn't outlast their members. They were also geographic divisions of absolute control.

the President of the EU council, of the parliament and of the Commission are no different than the separation between the President (executive), speaker of Congress (legislative) andhead of the US governors (EU Council) --

EU President	Institution	US Equivalent Role	Actual Function
President of the European Commission	European Commission	The President / Executive Branch	Runs the daily bureaucracy, proposes laws, and executes the budget.
President of the European Council	European Council	Head of the National Governors Association	Represents the 27 state leaders (governors/presidents) who set the overall political direction.
President of the European Parliament	European Parliament	Speaker of the House	Leads the directly elected legislature that debates, amends, and votes on laws.

[Cronos]

though technically Ursula the President of the EU commission is more akin to a Prime Minister than the President of USA in election or in powers.

- Citizens of EU member countries vote for Members of the European Parliament (MEPs)
- the MEPs of Parliament vote on who will be the Commission President
- To take office, the President must win an absolute majority vote in the Parliament. For instance, current President Ursula von der Leyen had to secure a majority of 401 votes from MEPs to win her mandate

i suppose the better comparison is to a Presidential cabinet member - they aren’t elected, but they are the top bureaucrats who are to execute the President’s will.

National governments nominate the Commissioners, who must then pass grueling, multi-hour public grillings by EU committees before the Parliament votes to confirm the entire administration

I personally think it would be better if they scrapped the EU parliament and reduced the President of the EU commission to being a pure executor i.e. administrator who does what (s)he is told to do - a glorified program/project manager.

Push it back to being led by the EU council (i.e. the leaders of the 27 countries) while retaining a revolving Primus-inter-pares

[Red Badger]

Remember when the FEMALE president of Argentina literally stole everyone’s 401k savings to ‘make it fair’ for those that had no retirement savings? All in one day, everything you worked forall you life, scrimped and saved for GONE.................

[Red Badger]

They wanted to create a Euro-version of the United States, but had no cohesive social ‘glue’ to hold it together.................

[Cronos]

Somewhat - the French wanted a unitary state - like they have a unitary state (everything in France is run through Paris), but Germany and Belgium don’t want that — both are very Federal states with individual states haign a lot more power than US states.

The EU can work as a confederation - i.e. a larger version of the Swiss federation