The most important job in the EU is held by a German: Commission President Ursula von der Leyen. Germany has also been well positioned in other key positions at the EU level. But now many are saying goodbye to their top posts – such as Klaus Welle, Secretary-General of the European Parliament until the end of 2022, Helga Schmid, Secretary-General of the External Action Service for four years, and currently, Werner Hoyer, who plans to step down as EIB President by the end of the year. Germany will be less well represented on the EU stage in the future – and there is little the traffic light coalition can do about it, as Christof Roche and Markus Grabitz analyze.