Pink jacket, black trousers, green pact. In terms of image, little has changed between candidate von der Leyen's first speech to Parliament on 16 July 2019 and her speech on 18 July 2024. Even the Green Deal, despite the far-right's blows during the campaign , is holding firm. However, its status is changing.
The German conservative had made it the centrepiece of her first term of office. Her standard for rallying the support of the left and a few ecologist…