Didier Reynders keeps chatting in the backseat of his limousine during the video interview – the 64-year-old Belgian is currently on his way from Brussels to the European Parliament in Strasbourg. Reynders has a lot to talk about. He already had a long career as a minister in Belgium before becoming Ursula von der Leyen’s man for the European rule of law mechanism and the enforcement of sanctions against Russia as EU Commissioner for Justice and the Rule of Law three years ago.