[HIGHLIGHTS] Munich Security Conference: Von der Leyen for European Defense Commissioner

EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen calls for closer European cooperation on defense issues. If there is a second term in office, she would like to ensure a separate defense commissioner in the new cabinet.

A European defense industry with good jobs must be specifically created, says the CDU politician. "We have to be smarter than Russia," she says. The EU Commission is already working on a common arms policy for the European Union. A strategy should be presented in three weeks, says von Der Leyen.