EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has called for European values and achievements to be defended against populists and extremists in the European elections in June. During a speech in Berlin, she said the European Union could not be constructed with “servants of the Kremlin, democracy despisers and extremists.” The EU leader, who is German, was addressing centre-right politicians from the Christian Democrats (CDU) – the party she represented as a domestic politician – at a national party conference in the capital. CDU leader Friedrich Merz assured von der Leyen that the party and it…