The deal agreed by Europe's heads-of-state as to who should lead the EU could still come crashing down
She does not deserve that fate. Inevitably, the team that has emerged is a compromise that has its weaknesses. The star of Mrs von der Leyen was generally reckoned in Berlin to have faded before her abrupt elevation; she was not, for instance, a contender to succeed Angela Merkel as party leader and chancellor., Christine Lagarde , a former French finance minister, was another surprise.
However, much worse alternatives were being bandied about. Like the choices of Spain’s Josep Borrell for the foreign-affairs job and Belgium’s Charles Michel to preside over the council, Mrs von der Leyen and Ms Lagarde are solid, experienced administrators and established public figures. They can be expected to act calmly, pragmatically, but purposefully.needs to make hard choices on euro-zone integration, climate change and migration.
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