Ursula von der Leyen, the candidate to head the list of the European People’s Party (EPP), intends to run a more personalised election campaign to help people understand who she really is and what values she stands for in the run-up to the vote at the beginning of June.
But it is not clear at this stage how far Mrs von der Leyen is prepared to reveal part of her private life, as the EPP does not wish to fall into the trap of an ‘US-style’ election campaign.
The German Christian...