Von der Leyen will create a Defense police station if she returns to office in the EU. She has the backing of European capitals, not least because more than a dozen Heads of State belong to the EPP family.
In the pools to lead out NATO now stands the Dutch Minister Mark Rutte, who is the ideal candidate to maintain contacts and seek the support that he is interested in if he falls to a European Alliance that falls to the right. The announcement of German policy at the Munich Security Conference confirms her willingness to lead the conservatives in the next European elections.