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The €5.2m granted to Cosmonauts & Kings comes from the European People’s Party (EPP), which gets three-quarters of its funds from the European Parliament, and one-quarter from the memberships.  (Photo: EU2022_CZ)

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'Understaffed' German firm running €5.2m von der Leyen election campaign

European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen, who is seeking a second term in office after June's elections, allocated a €5.2m campaign contract to Cosmonaut & Kings, a German communication agency.

But the company lacks sufficient capacity to manage the campaign just a month before the elections, according to a source close to the centre-right ...

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The €5.2m granted to Cosmonauts & Kings comes from the European People’s Party (EPP), which gets three-quarters of its funds from the European Parliament, and one-quarter from the memberships.  (Photo: EU2022_CZ)

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Eleonora Vasques is a freelance journalist based in Brussels.

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