Ursula von der Leyen has been elected to a second term as the European Union’s Commission President, a post she was fires elected to in 2019. Next, von der Leyen will be inviting heads of state and government to send candidates for the selection of Commissioner posts. The selection assures the Eu’s current devolution towards centralized authoritarianism will only continue, if not accelerate.
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This will be Ursula von der Leyen’s second term as Commission President. She was first elected by MEPs in July 2019.
Parliament is currently composed of 719 MEPs, so the necessary majority was 360 votes. The vote was held by secret paper ballot. 401 MEPs voted in favour, 284 against, and 22 cast blank or invalid votes.
Ahead of the vote, Ursula von der Leyen presented her political priorities for the next five years during a debate with MEPs.
Next steps
The Commission President-elect will now send official letters to member state heads of state or government inviting them to put forward their candidates for European Commissioner posts. Parliament will then organise nominee hearings in the relevant committees after the summer. The full college of Commissioners then needs to be endorsed by Parliament. More information is available in Parliament’s press kit.
