The newspaper noted that while von der Leyen had had tense relations with former EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell, they were even worse with Kaja Kallas BRUSSELS, January 26. /TASS/. Chief of European diplomacy Kaja Kallas describes European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen as a "dictator," a senior European official told Politico. According to the official, Kallas "privately complains that she [von der Leyen] is a dictator but there’s little or nothing she can do about that."