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German media commentators described Ursula von der Leyen, candidate for the European Commission presidency and German defence minister, as being in a difficult situation as she was trying to please as many actors as possible in meetings with several political groups on 10 July. This meant she had to remain vague on key issues, such as climate action.

In her meetings with the European Parliament鈥檚 political groups, von der Leyen 鈥渢alked about 1,000 details, but did not have a memorable message,鈥� . She brought a 鈥渓ittle gift鈥� for each group, such as a CO鈧� price 鈥渁s a bait for the Greens,鈥� but with her 鈥渘oncommittal performance鈥� she did not render herself or the EU a service, says Sina. 鈥淰on der Leyen argued in several languages, but without passion.鈥�
In a similar vein, Hans-J眉rgen Jakobs that von der Leyen often remained so hazy on key topics that the 鈥渕aster of nouvelle vague鈥� will likely be denied the votes of many in the political groups she visited.
鈥淪he cannot say yes to everything,鈥� in finding enough votes in the European Parliament in an article for Zeit Online. On the other hand, 鈥渁 clear government programme is not discernible after these first public appearances,鈥� writes Jacobsen. Only the 鈥渇irst policy outlines of a Commission President von der Leyen have emerged.鈥�

Climate and energy policy have never been her brief or the focus of von der Leyen鈥檚 political engagement, though she has indicated in recent comments that she took the climate crisis seriously. The European Parliament plans to vote on her candidacy next week. She needs the backing of an absolute majority of 376 votes in the 751-seat chamber to get confirmed as president of the European Commission.聽Her nomination has caused severe irritations because she was not one of the leading candidates in the European Parliament elections and emerged as a leading candidate only after days of horse-trading among European leaders.