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Who is the New European Commission Beholden To? What Brexit Implications?
As Jean-Claude Juncker and Angela Merkel sail off into the sunset, new faces take over. What does it mean? Tom Luongo comments the New EU is Even More Insane than the Old EU. Indeed! But the problems are much deeper than Luongo reported. To understand why, let's fill in some missing pieces on the mysterious rise of little known Ursula Von der Leyen who just replaced Jean-Claude Juncker as European Commission president. Rise of Von der Leyen Under the "Spitzenkandidat" process, the party with the largest share in the European parliament gets to nominate the head of the European Commission. That party was EPP and its ... (full story)