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Europe's new leaders face big tests ahead

How they respond will determine the region's broader place in the world at a time of major geopolitical turbulence and economic uncertainty.

Published Wed, Jul 3, 2019 · 09:50 PM
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ON TUESDAY, European Union (EU) leaders agreed in principle on a new team to lead the Brussels-based club into the 2020s after a battle royale to carve up the top positions. The reason why it took five weeks and three summits, rather than the intended one, to agree on the new office bearers is that there is now massive pressure on them to successfully guide the 500 million population bloc's future strategic agenda at a time of potentially intensifying troubles.

Two women have top roles: Germany's Ursula von der Leyen, a defence minister in Angela Merkel's Cabinet and a EU federalist, has been prop…

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