If Brussels followed its professed ideals, the European Commission and its head would fall Ursula von der Leyen, the president of the European Commission that runs the EU is finally facing a long overdue no-confidence vote . Its chances of success, all observers agree, are very small. And yet, this is an important moment. That’s because the single most powerful politician in the EU is not, for instance, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz or French President Emmanuel Macron (notwithstanding their