Secret ballot for MEPs to decide whether the European Commission president will serve another five-year term
Ursula von der Leyen spoke out against “the extreme polarisation of our societies” as she appealed to the European parliament to give her a second term as European Commission president.
MEPs will decide whether to confirm Ursula von der Leyen as Commission president in a knife-edge vote later today that will either result in another five-year mandate for the EU executive’s first female leader or tip the bloc into a summer crisis.
Continue reading…Secret ballot for MEPs to decide whether the European Commission president will serve another five-year termUrsula von der Leyen spoke out against “the extreme polarisation of our societies” as she appealed to the European parliament to give her a second term as European Commission president.MEPs will decide whether to confirm Ursula von der Leyen as Commission president in a knife-edge vote later today that will either result in another five-year mandate for the EU executive’s first female leader or tip the bloc into a summer crisis. Continue reading…