The election of German Defense Minister Ursula von der Leyen as head of the European Commission is an historic event of great importance. She is the embodiment of the aristocratic and privileged classes that were the backbone, in the second half of the 19th century, of the construction of the German “central power.” Von der Leyen is the epitome of the German ruling class that today has imposed itself at the head of the new phase of so-called “European construction,” which promises to be of decisive importance for the evolution of the world balance of power in the near future.