current minister of defense and as such she has had to deal with a lot of problems in the german military a lot of criticism about the capability and the readiness of germany's our forces that have been reports saying that the children are understaffed under equipped that they're too bureaucratic i.g. is also facing an investigation regarding spending in a regular so those elements that according to many here in germany are enough for them to be a bit skeptical about these problems it's also important to stress that some of those problems she inherited this is a position that is described in some cases as a career killer so depending on how you view and you might think that under the circumstances she might have done a good job whereas others actually criticize her for not doing enough so what about this nomination to become the you commission president what that allowed to in her to escape some of this controversy or would she take that with her to brussels in a way she will escape that controversy if she does become the new head of the e.u.