[HIGHLIGHTS] EPP Congress in Brussels: Ursula von der Leyen named candidate for head of the EU Commission

EPP Congress in Brussels: Ursula von der Leyen named candidate for head of the EU Commission. The CDU politician was formally installed at a congress in the Romanian capital Bucharest.

It was considered certain that the 65-year-old would be elected. The US magazine Forbes recently named von Der Leyen the “most powerful woman in the world’s” More soon at SPIEGEL.de muk. . Enlarge image Ursula Von der Leyan: Second term in Brussels?