Von der Leyen wants to remain head of the EU Commission – and is changing her priorities to do so. The final decision will only be made at the EPP party conference on 6/7 March in Bucharest, but so far there are no opposing candidates.
She already has the backing of the Union. Even yesterday she hardly said a word about her former prestige project, the Green Deal. The focus should now be different: competitiveness, the fight against the “division from within and without’ – and Europe’s security.