Commission president faces uphill battle to deliver on issues such as integrating markets and defence
Ursula von der Leyen won a second term as president of the European Commission on the back of an ambitious list of promises for her next five years. But in securing enough support in the European parliament on Thursday, she has stretched her executive to-do list and raised expectations across the EU’s political spectrum on a host of issues that have long frustrated Brussels officials.
The guidelines added: “This should be reflected in the way we assess mergers so that innovation and resilience are fully taken into account.” That could mark a big policy shift from the commission’s often-cited 2019 prohibition of the merger between Siemens and Alstom, which the German and French companies cast as a way to create a European champion in the rail market.
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