All hail (acting) Commission President Frans Timmermans

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Jean-Claude Juncker’s trusted lieutenant gets a brief promotion while his boss is in hospital

Timmermans, the first vice president, who ran for the EU's top job as theof clinching the job before the European Council rejected him, will in fact get to serve as Bossman of the Berlaymont.

Timmermans and Juncker met on Friday to prepare for the presidential turnover. While Timmermans will chair the regular meetings of the College of Commissioners, no dramatic moves are expected. Timmermans' ascent to the top job creates an awkward moment in his already somewhat awkward relationship with von der Leyen.

And even his caretaker role is limited to the EU's internal affairs; Federica Mogherini, the high representative for foreign affairs, will carry out Juncker's duties for the purposes of external representation — in accordance with thethat was enacted when the Commission first took office in November 2014.

However limited the role or bureaucratic the procedure, Timmermans' ascent to the top job creates an awkward moment in his already somewhat awkward relationship with von der Leyen, the former German defense minister, who was chosen over Timmermans by the EU's heads of state and government, despite not having campaigned for the post.

 

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