text:  She wants to be the president of the European Commission, the European Union, this group of most European countries, 27 of them cooperating on trade and other areas. The Commission is arguably one of the most important parts of it. It initiates new laws and how to implement them. And therefore, the president of the Commission is a key role. Ursula von der Leyen is German. She's a former defense minister of her country, and she comes from Germany's center-right party, the Christian Democrats.