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Ursula von der Leyen seeks new balance

Commission president-elect, delayed from taking office, will battle for confirmation of her final nominees.

Ursula von der Leyen has lost her balance — at least a bit.

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  • Politico

When the European Parliament narrowly confirmed von der Leyen as the next European Commission president in July, MEPs expected a College of Commissioners with an equal number of conservatives and social democrats — nine each from the…

 

German Defence Minister Ursula von der Leyen arrives for the weekly cabinet meeting at the chancellory in Berlin on September 6, 2017. / AFP PHOTO / TOBIAS SCHWARZ (Photo credit should read TOBIAS SCHWARZ/AFP via Getty Images)

Von der Leyen also promised to form the first-ever Commission with an equal number of men and women.

But a series of…

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