Ursula von der Leyen has been elected as the President of the European Commission

Germany's Ursula von der Leyen delivers her speech this afternoon Image: Jean-Francois BADIAS/PA Images Germany's Ursula von der Leyen delivers her speech this afternoon Image: Jean-Francois BADIAS/PA Images GERMAN DEFENCE MINISTER .

The 60-year-old will replace Jean-Claude Juncker after securing a majority vote in the Strasbourg assembly this evening.She announced that she would step down from Angela Merkel’s German government this week whatever happened in the vote, underlining her European ambitions.Von der Leyen will have to manage the aftermath of Brexit, Italy shirking its debt targets and efforts by Poland and Hungary to flout the EU-mandated rules of liberal democracy.

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