'Old world order will not return': Von der Leyen urges EU to focus on 'reality of situation' in Iran

The EU must be prepared to project its power more assertively as ​it can no longer rely on a "rules-based" ‌system against threats and must determine if its institutions and systems help or hinder its credibility, ​European Commission President Ursula von der ​Leyen said on Monday. "We will always defend ⁠and uphold the rules-based system that we ​helped to build with our allies, but ​we can no longer rely on it as the only way to defend our interests or assume its ​rules will shelter us from the ​complex threats that we face," von der Leyen said ‌at ⁠a conference for EU ambassadors.