EU top jobs: Tusk hails 'perfect gender balance' - BBC News
Ursula von der Leyen is the first woman to be nominated for the post of European Commission chief.
Announcing the nominations for the four top posts in the EU, European Council President Donald Tusk has hailed a "perfect gender balance" of two men and two women.

If approved by the European Parliament she will become the first female in the job.

IMF chief Christine Lagarde was also nominated to head the European Central Bank.