Policy Voices | Top jobs: How democratic was it?

The curtain has finally been lifted on who the new leaders of the European Union will be. After months of speculation, the heads of government of the EU member states landed on three names: Ursula Von der Leyen, Antonio Costa and Kaja Kallas.

Von der Leyen will most likely stay on as the Commission President and will bring with her the still Estonian Prime Minister as the EU foreign policy chief. That is once the new European Parliament votes on the new College. As for Costa, well, that’s a done deal and he will be replacing Charles Michel at the end of this year.

But what about the process that brought us here? Host Catarina Vila Nova spoke to Caroline de Gruyter, Europe correspondent at NRC, and Johannes Tralla, Journalist at Estonian Public Broadcasting and European Young Leader (EYL40). They both agree that the process was democratic because, at the end of the day, decisions are made by the heads of government.

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