POLITICO’s Brussels Playbook briefing
With less than a year to go before the EU election, leaders from Spain to Germany have over the past weeks signaled that Commission President Ursula von der Leyen is in pole position to secure the nomination for another term at the helm of the EU executive, if she wants it. Von der Leyen faces an uphill battle to convince Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, who’s clashed with Brussels over Hungary’s misuse of EU funds and over sanctions against Russia. Orbán’s Political Director, Balázs Orbán,
