Ursula von der Leyen wins second term as European Commission president
Ursula von der Leyen wins second term as European Commission president
Mainstream groups unite to grant her an emphatic victory and defeat anti-EU and extreme-right forces
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The German chancellor, Olaf Scholz, congratulated von der Leyen, saying her re-election was “a clear sign of our ability to act in the European Union, especially in difficult times”.
Von der Leyen’s European People’s party (EPP), the Socialists and Democrats and the centrist Renew group announced they intended to support her, although some members had already said they would vote against.
Against a backdrop of the war in Ukraine, widespread concern about foreign interference in European elections and potential return of Donald Trump, his words appeared to underscore that many MEPs saw the vote as something bigger than the choice of another commission president.
In an appeal to her own centre-right EPP, von der Leyen promised a “burden reduction” of EU law to help small businesses, describing her first priority as competitiveness and prosperity.
Reflecting the French president Emmanuel Macron’s vision, she promised “a true union of defence” to develop common projects, suggesting a European air shield to protect shared airspace.
Von der Leyen reaffirmed the EU’s support for Ukraine and issued her strongest criticism yet of the Hungarian prime minister Viktor Orbán’s recent trip to Moscow.
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