Mary Dejevsky writes: “This might had been a mistake, but i have usually thought about Ursula von der Leyen once the an effective as an alternative lower-trick, matter-of-reality politician inside the an effective Merkel-esque setting. This week, she defied one to image, delivering their unique 5th and perhaps past Condition of one’s (European) Partnership target into the untypically high-flown and futuristic words.
“It was a wide-varying, well-organized – and you will as an alternative an excellent – message, however, nothing detailed, alas, regarding post-European union Uk. Plus one regarding her chief layouts – how would they not? – is Ukraine and its place in European countries. “History,” she told you, “has started to become calling me to focus on finishing our Relationship”, and you will she set by herself unambiguously on the side off Eu enhancement, to add Moldova therefore the West Balkans, as well as, of course, Ukraine.”