European Union (EU) chief Ursula von der Leyen received help from EU lawmakers on Thursday for an additional five-year time period as president of the European Fee, the EU’s highly effective govt physique.
The 720-member European Parliament authorized her with 401 votes in favour, 284 in opposition to and 15 abstentions. She wanted 361 votes to go.
Over the past half-decade, von der Leyen has steered the European Union by means of quite a few challenges, akin to the UK’s departure from the EU, the worldwide pandemic brought on by Covid-19, and the army aggression of Russia in opposition to Ukraine.Moreover, she has advocated for a inexperienced cope with the target of creating the EU local weather impartial by 2050.
Von der Leyen’s choice coincided with the arrival of the lately elected Prime Minister of the UK, Keir Starmer, who was internet hosting roughly 45 heads of presidency to handle points associated to migration, vitality safety, and the potential hazard posed by Russia. Starmer’s aim is to fix the relationships between the UK and its European counterparts.
At a summit assembly held within the earlier month, the leaders endorsed the conservative German politician von der Leyen. The 65-year-old’s candidacy obtained a lift when the European Folks’s Social gathering, which incorporates von der Leyen’s Christian Democratic Union, maintained its place as the most important group within the EU Parliament following the elections.
“The subsequent 5 years will outline Europe’s place on the earth for the subsequent 5 a long time. It can resolve whether or not we form our personal future or let or not it’s formed by occasions or by others,” von der Leyen mentioned forward of a secret poll on her candidacy.
The 720-member European Parliament authorized her with 401 votes in favour, 284 in opposition to and 15 abstentions. She wanted 361 votes to go.
Over the past half-decade, von der Leyen has steered the European Union by means of quite a few challenges, akin to the UK’s departure from the EU, the worldwide pandemic brought on by Covid-19, and the army aggression of Russia in opposition to Ukraine.Moreover, she has advocated for a inexperienced cope with the target of creating the EU local weather impartial by 2050.
Von der Leyen’s choice coincided with the arrival of the lately elected Prime Minister of the UK, Keir Starmer, who was internet hosting roughly 45 heads of presidency to handle points associated to migration, vitality safety, and the potential hazard posed by Russia. Starmer’s aim is to fix the relationships between the UK and its European counterparts.
At a summit assembly held within the earlier month, the leaders endorsed the conservative German politician von der Leyen. The 65-year-old’s candidacy obtained a lift when the European Folks’s Social gathering, which incorporates von der Leyen’s Christian Democratic Union, maintained its place as the most important group within the EU Parliament following the elections.
“The subsequent 5 years will outline Europe’s place on the earth for the subsequent 5 a long time. It can resolve whether or not we form our personal future or let or not it’s formed by occasions or by others,” von der Leyen mentioned forward of a secret poll on her candidacy.
