Germany’s Von der Leyen mooted as EU Commission chief
With an acute lack of women in senior roles, the German defence minister, former gynaecologist and mother of seven is a leading contender
02 July 2019 - 17:42
Berlin/Brussels — German defence minister Ursula von der Leyen emerged as a leading contender to head up the European Commission on Tuesday as part of a proposal to break a summit stalemate over who should run the EU’s top institutions.
French President Emmanuel Macron suggested Von der Leyen for the powerful EU executive post and International Monetary Fund (IMF) chief Christine Lagarde to run the European Central bank (ECB), diplomatic sources said as talks among EU leaders in Brussels ran into a third day...
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