European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen unveiled her proposed new leadership team on Tuesday, with top jobs for France and Italy and a dual focus on economic and security issues. The assembly of the European Union’s executive leadership team – a delicate exercise balancing geography, political allegiance and gender – comes as the bloc faces deep challenges including Russia’s war on Ukraine and competitive backsliding against the United States and China. The focus on security and the EU’s lagging competitiveness for von der Leyen’s next five-year term “reflects a lot the time we live…