Excellent Choice: Germany's Von der Leyen Secures Powerful EU Executive Top Job

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Germany’s Ursula von der Leyen secured European parliamentary approval on Tuesday to become the first female European Commission president on a platform of a greener, fairer and rule-based Europe.The German conservative got the thumbs up from socialist and liberal lawmakers which, together with the endorsement by her fellow conservatives, gives her a stronger mandate to tackle issues such as climate change, trade and maintaining democracy in the European Union. Rejection by the EU legislature would have been a painful blow for a bloc beset by challenges ranging from trade to Brexit and erosion of democratic norms, and a headache for EU leaders who would have had to come up with another candidate in a month.As head of the EU executive, von der Leyen will be in charge of trade negotiations, economic and climate policy for 500 million Europeans and antitrust rulings involving powerful tech giants.

[joze44 + 39]

Will she be any different than her predecessor?

[damirUSBiH + 327]

1 minute ago, joze44 said:

Will she be any different than her predecessor?

No, doubt. The way I see things, the EU has a "new" Merkel on the top position...

[pinto + 293]

There is a new sheriff in town....

[sen + 11]

I predict she will be 50% less drunk than Juncker! 

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4 minutes ago, damirUSBiH said:

No, doubt. The way I see things, the EU has a "new" Merkel on the top position...

So, we could say "German Empire finally gets a German leader in the EU"?

[Pavel + 384]

I'm sure that Germany is not the most favourite country in Brussels, but Von Leyen choice is so logical, from many aspects. Obviously, Europe will stay with democracy under new elected "Queen", despite the fear that  excessive centralized power in Brussels will hurt satellite countries recent added to EU... Of course, EU is not just Germany or France, but at the same time these countries are the leaders in the EU.

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12 minutes ago, pinto said:

There is a new sheriff in town....

It will be a new approach, definitely:
"Von der Leyen fixed climate protection as her no. 1 priority as she set out her plans to lawmakers in the EU Parliament ahead of a confirmation vote and signaled she’s prepared to get tough with trading partners like the U.S. and China if they don’t match up"

[damirUSBiH + 327]

Excellent scan: Profile of the Ursula von der Leyen

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jul/16/who-is-ursula-von-der-leyen-the-new-eu-commission-president

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4 hours ago, rainman said:

It will be a new approach, definitely:
"Von der Leyen fixed climate protection as her no. 1 priority as she set out her plans to lawmakers in the EU Parliament ahead of a confirmation vote and signaled she’s prepared to get tough with trading partners like the U.S. and China if they don’t match up"

You apparently think her goals are good but I feel that they will lead to decline in the E.U. There is a lot of anger in Europe over the leading roles of Germany, France, and Brussels.