Von der Leyen staffing turbulence plays into EU elections
A human resource crisis at the Commission comes ahead of a sensitive changing of the guard in Brussels.
Ursula Gertrud von der Leyen is a German physician and politician serving as the 13th president of the European Commission since 2019. She served in the German federal government between 2005 and 2019, holding successive positions in Angela Merkel's cabinet, most recently as federal minister of defence. Von der Leyen is a member of the centre-right Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and its EU affiliated group, the European People's Party (EPP).
A human resource crisis at the Commission comes ahead of a sensitive changing of the guard in Brussels.
Lawmakers called 382-144 to reverse the decision to appoint Markus Pieper in a suspected case of political favouritism.
The European People’s Party (EPP) on Thursday confirmed Ursula von der Leyen as its lead candidate for June’s European..