In an attempt to dismiss concerns over her candidacy to succeed Jean-Claude Juncker as European Commission president, Danish-born Competition Commissioner, Margrethe Vestager, reaffirmed on Tuesday her desire to take the helm of the EU executive, saying “I am still a candidate".

Vestager, a politician in the same mould as French President Emmanuel Macron, Belgian Prime Minister Charles Michel, and Dutch Premier Mark Rutte, is from the European liberal wing of politics, like the French Presid...