2019 - Farage encouraged MEP's to vote against Von der Leyen- "she wants to build form of communism"

2019 - Farage encouraged fellow MEP's to vote against von der Leyen by saying that she wants to build updated form of communism: "What we've seen from Ursula von der Leyen today is an attempt for the European Union to take control of every single aspect of our lives. She wants to build a centralized, undemocratic, updated form of communism that will render nation state parliaments, where the state controls everything, where nation state parliaments will cease to have any relevance at all. I have to say, from our perspective, in some ways I'm really rather pleased because you've just made Brexit a lot more popular in the United Kingdom. Thank God we're leaving..."