“For her part, very high rates have been made precisely to obtain the post of President of the European Commission. If this does not happen, then it will be very difficult to keep the post of Minister of Defense Ursula von der Lyayen in the face of intense competition within the German political elite, ”he said.
According to Morozov, the current head of the German Ministry of Defense has developed a very uneasy attitude within the country.
"So, she acts on the principle of" pan or gone. " Either she wins in the European Parliament and returns to Berlin with a victory, or she loses. Hence, such a statement, ”concluded the senator.
Earlier, the head of the Ministry of Defense of Germany announced its intention to leave his post, regardless of the outcome of voting in the European Parliament on its appointment to the post of President of the European Commission.