Ursula von der Leyen beamed as she expressed her gratitude to the European leaders who had endorsed her nomination for a second mandate as president of the European Commission.
Usually self-possessed and serious, the German conservative was visibly delighted when leaders officially gave her a shot at a second term heading to one of the world’s largest single markets.
Von der Leyen is seen as a stable pair of hands at a time when the Russian threat looms over Europe, and quick to…