On the third day of an extraordinary European summit, the Heads of State or Government of the European Union took a consensual decision on Tuesday 2 July on a package of appointments of key European positions.
The Twenty-Eight propose that the European Commission be chaired, for the first time, by a woman, in this case Ursula von der Leyen, the current German Defence Minister. They elected Charles Michel, the current acting Belgian Prime Minister, as President of the European Council for...