EU chief unveils her new team with women in top roles in right-leaning Commission

Associated Press

BRUSSELS (AP) — European Union chief Ursula von der Leyen has put women in many of the top roles on her new team for her next five-year tenure at the head of the bloc. This comes after many EU member states had been reluctant to give in to her demand for gender parity. Von der Leyen’s picks unveiled on Tuesday put six women among the eight top positions in her team. She and foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas were already agreed on by government leaders, but she added Spanish Socialist Teresa Ribero to lead the green transition. Three other women were also named as vice presidents.