Ursula von der Leyen of Germany – The first women to be nominated to lead EU

Chancellor Angela Merkel’s defense minister and fellow conservative party member, Ursula von der Leyen has been nominated by the EU leaders for the block’s top jobs.

It is for the first time that a women is being nominated for the EU Commission Chief. Leyen’s name has been suggested after the main front-runners were rejected.

The name of Christine Lagarde, the IMF chef will be proposed by the counsel for leading the European Central Bank (ECB). It is for the first time that a women’s name is proposed for leading the ECB.

Charles Michel will be nominated as the president of the European Council. Josep Borrell Fontelles of Spain will be taking the role of foreign policy chief.

The EU leaders were assigned to select 5 people for the top job’s. The fifth job role – president of the European Parliament is to be chosen on Wednesday.

Mr Tusk said, “We have agreed the whole package before the first session of the European Parliament”. The nominations were “the fruit of a deep Franco-German entente”, said Emmanuel Macron, the French President.

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