Ursula von der Leyen is promising a new commissioner for defence ahead of a vote in the European Parliament on her second term as president of the European Commission. The commission will build a “true European Defence Union” for the arms industry, von der Leyen said, in a policy document published before the vote, while stressing EU countries will always be responsible for their armies. The political roadmap also focuses strongly on the European Union’s economy, pledging a new competitiveness fund for investment in technologies like AI and to develop the bloc’s capital markets. Other measures…