“When is your boss coming?” Barbara Gessler also had to hear this question sometimes—as the first woman to head the European Commission's representation. She is her own boss, and indeed the head of the largest EU representation of all 27 member states. With three branches (Berlin, Bonn, Munich), Germany has more offices than any other country. In an interview with Ewald König on the TV Berlin program “diplo.international,” she talks about how she builds bridges between Brussels and Berlin and why she has a diplomatic license plate but no diplomatic passport.