Ursula Von der Leyen was narrowly confirmed as the next president of the European Commission this week. In this week’s Trend Lines interview, WPR associate editor Elliot Waldman discusses the challenges facing the new EU leadership with Heather Conley of the Center for Strategic and International Studies.

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