Oh dear

[AtW]

“EU leaders have nominated two women to Brussels' most important jobs for the first time, picking Ursula von der Leyen, a German defence minister who supports a United States of Europe and an EU army, to be the next president of the European Commission and Christine Lagarde to lead the European Central Bank.”

EU picks first woman to rule Brussels - German minister who called Brexit 'a burst bubble of hollow promises'

[unixman]

LOL now they are just trolling us. Great banter.

[jamesbrown]

So basically there was a lot of gnashing of teeth, but they eventually found someone good enough to replace Jean-Claude Drunker.

On the downside, one's a criminal and the other is criminally incompetent, depending on who you ask.

Still, at least they were nominated and elected in an atmosphere of transparency and cooperation.

[Mordac]

“EU leaders have nominated two women to Brussels' most important jobs for the first time, picking Ursula von der Leyen, a German defence minister who supports a United States of Europe and an EU army, to be the next president of the European Commission and Christine Lagarde to lead the European Central Bank.”

EU picks first woman to rule Brussels - German minister who called Brexit 'a burst bubble of hollow promises'

Isn't it about time we thought about leaving?

[original PM]

The inconvenient truth about Ursula von der Leyen – POLITICO

Just a sideways move to get her out of the German parliament apparently.

[AtW]

Since when the truth was convenient?

If it's convenient it's most likely a lie

[original PM]

Someone is pulling some strings somewhere.

And they don't have the best interests of the population of the EU in mind.

[Mordac]

Democracy, where art thou?

[BR14]

Democracy, where art thou?

above a kebab shop somewhere north of the m25

[vetran]

The inconvenient truth about Ursula von der Leyen – POLITICO

Just a sideways move to get her out of the German parliament apparently.

well at least she won't be bothered by the state of the accounts