With Ursula von der Leyen due to announce, on Wednesday 11 September, the positions of the 26 future Commissioners-designate in her second team, details of how these portfolios might be allocated are starting to emerge. Although the digital portfolio is not the most coveted - Competitiveness, Defence and Enlargement will be the main priorities of the future Commission - whoever receives the brief will have their work cut out.
Gone is Margrethe Vestager, in charge of the ‘Europe for the...