Showdown looms over 'boys' club' lineup for EU commission

With the clock ticking down on a Friday deadline for European Union capitals to offer nominees for von der Leyen's 26-person team, 16 of the 21 names known so far are men. That is despite the fact the commission chief asked states explicitly, following her re-election in July, to give her a choice of one male and one female candidate. Not a single country has done so -- and as it stands, women may occupy as few as six posts in the next EU executive, including von der Leyen herself and the nominee for foreign policy chief...