In a letter to Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, the European Socialists criticize her statement to the EU Parliament that geopolitics and geoeconomics must go hand in hand. „It would be a mistake to work with our partners solely based on these interests, disregarding their basic needs and human development“, reads the letter, signed by the Chair of the S&D Group in the European Parliament, Iratxe García Pérez, as well as Kathleen Van Brempt and Udo Bullmann.