"Nigel Farage, the leader of the Brexit Party, said Mrs von der Leyen had 'just made Brexit a lot more popular' as he also accused her of pushing an 'updated form of communism'."
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7251747/Ursula-von-der-Leyen-ready-agree-Brexit-delay.html
"Mr Macron won a diplomatic triumph in the summer when he persuaded Angela Merkel and other leaders to help him manoeuvre Ursula von der Leyen, a German minister who shares his vision of a tougher and more thrusting EU"
https://www-economist-com.ezp.lib.cam.ac.uk/europe/2019/10/17/ursula-von-der-leyens-bumpy-start
"Our goal,” declared Mrs von der Leyen, “is to reconcile the economy with the planet"
https://www.economist.com/europe/2019/12/14/the-eus-green-deal-is-full-of-ambition-but-needs-more-detail