Von der Leyen's EU Commission: Picks for a Union that strives for more - a podcast by ECFR

Mark Leonard is meeting his ECFR colleagues, Tara Varma, Piotr Buras and Teresa Coratello in Berlin to go through the newly selected EU Commission. What have been surprises, disappointments and challenges in von der Leyen's new cabinet? And what role did geopolitics play during the selection process?

This podcast was recorded on 10 September 2019.

Read von der Leyen's Vision Statement here: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/resources/library/media/20190716RES57231/20190716RES57231.pdf

Bookshelf:
- "Wer wir sind: die Erfahrung ostdeutsch zu sein" by Jana Hensel & Wolfgang Engler
- "L’art de perdre " by Alice Zeniter
- "The testaments" by Margaret Atwood
- Speech by Liliana Segre in front of the Italian Senate
- "The Virtual Weapon and International Order" by Lucas Kello

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