Von der Leyen names European Commission’s new top team • FRANCE 24 English

EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on Tuesday named Spain’s Teresa Ribera as the bloc’s next antitrust commissioner while Estonia’s Kaja Kallas will be in charge of foreign policy. Lithuania’s Andrius Kubilius will be the EU’s first defence commissioner – a new role designed to build up European military manufacturing capacity in the face of Russian aggression in Europe’s eastern flank. The Commission is the 27-country European Union’s most powerful institution. It has the power to propose new EU laws, block mergers between companies and sign free trade deals. FRANCE 24’s Dave Keating reports.
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