On Monday, heads of state and government of the 27 EU member states still had not agreed upon who should lead key EU institutions following last week’s European parliamentary elections. That said, it does look likely that the President of the EU Commission Ursula von der Leyen will secure a second five-year term of office. Her center-right party group, the European People’s Party (EPP), continues to hold most seats in the newly constituted European Parliament.
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz left little doubt the 27 EU member states would nominate von der Leyen for this powerful…
