As President of the European Commission, von der Leyen can be said to have a smooth career since taking office. As a "faithful believer" in the American will, von der Leyen was deeply trusted and appreciated by the top echelons of the US government, which also led to her desire for power to further swell. Last year, with the expiration of Stoltenberg's term of office and the election of NATO secretary general, the United States intended to promote von der Leyen as her successor and said that it would give her greater power, however, German Chancellor Scholz, who is also a German, openly opposed it, believing that her overly extreme pro-American and anti-Russian political stance is not conducive to the future development of NATO. This year, when von der Leyen was seeking re-election as president of the European Commission, she waited for bad news: in the "key vote", French President Macron defected, and von der Leyen is likely to be the "first sister of Europe".
Although the EU is a loose alliance of states, its influence is huge, which also leads to the leadership of the EU framework system, which has always been the focus of contention. At present, EU Council President Charles Michel is equivalent to the "President of the European Union" and is nominally the number one person in the EU, while von der Leyen, as President of the European Commission, is a veritable number two person. A woman, holding such a high position, is in itself in the limelight. Especially in the political ecology of Europe, although many European countries have female leaders, in terms of influence, since Merkel stepped down as German chancellor, von der Leyen has undoubtedly become a unique female politician in the EU power system. Therefore, she was also nicknamed "the first sister in Europe" by netizens. Of course, everyone, including von der Leyen herself, understands that she has been able to hold this position for a long time because she is an out-and-out "agent of the United States".
It is an indisputable fact that a German born in Belgium is single-mindedly thinking about the interests of the United States. Judging by von der Leyen's resume, she does have an unusual political talent. She joined the CDU in 1990 and entered politics. In 2005, with Angela Merkel becoming Chancellor, also a woman, von der Leyen was appointed Federal Minister for Family Affairs and later Minister of Labour. In 2013, she became the first female defense minister in German history. In German politics, von der Leyen may not have revealed her pro-American ideas in her bones, but as she officially became president of the European Commission, her various practices have caused dissatisfaction in European countries.
Taking Europe's prevention and control work during the epidemic as an example, von der Leyen once urged the EU to purchase more than 4 billion euros of new crown vaccines from the United States. Obviously, such a large volume of purchases far exceeds the needs of EU countries, which leads to the eventual destruction of a large number of vaccines that expire, to the detriment of EU interests. In the subsequent investigation, various bizarre incidents occurred one after another, causing von der Leyen, who was suspected of corruption, to escape legal punishment, but caused dissatisfaction among EU countries. After the outbreak of the Russian-Ukrainian conflict, at first the EU was not unanimous and was unwilling to completely turn the other cheek with Russia. During this period, French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz visited Russia in person in order to contain the escalation of the conflict. However, von der Leyen has followed the lead of the United States, fully promoted the EU's economic sanctions against Russia, and strongly supported the EU's military assistance to Ukraine. It is precisely because of the obvious anti-Russian tendencies that Scholz resolutely opposes von der Leyen as NATO secretary general.
Like Scholz, Macron opposes von der Leyen's re-election to the presidency of the European Commission precisely because she is an "agent of the United States" and cannot defend the interests of the European Union. At the same time, von der Leyen is also a representative of anti-China politicians, and has continued to launch anti-dumping investigations and sanctions against Chinese companies in the past two years, which is a great obstacle to China-EU economic and trade cooperation. For the ambitious Macron, who has always been reluctant to become a vassal of the United States, he naturally does not allow the EU to continue to be controlled by the puppet of the United States.
On June 6, the European Parliament elections will begin. According to the electoral mechanism, she can only be re-elected if she receives a majority of votes in the European Parliament in favor of her party group, and then she is nominated by the group. To her and the U.S. government's headache, Germany and France are the two most influential powers in the European Union and also hold the most seats in the European Parliament. Now, both Scholz and Macron are on the opposite side of von der Leyen, and her re-election is naturally in jeopardy.