Chosen by the European Council, Ursula von der Leyen has two weeks to convince MEPs of her competence to lead the European Commission. The current German Defence Minister is leaving with a number of skills and some scandals in tow, including those that her own side has attached to her.
On the skills side, Mrs von der Leyen is first and foremost a determined European. The daughter of Ernst Albrecht, a baron of German local politics, but also a former European official, was born in Brussels...