Diplomats know that a good compromise is one that leaves all parties equally dissatisfied.
This is the moderately enviable status that awaits Ursula von der Leyen if she wins a second five-year term at the head of the European executive next summer.
His campaign, initiated by a tour of heads of state and government, aroused as little enthusiasm as firm opposition.
The Twenty-Seven are preparing to reappoint her as President of the Commission for internal reasons: the bonus for the incumbent, the absence of a tempting alternative and a guilty penchant for the lowest common denominator.
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