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Ursula Von der Leyen seeks a second term as EC President

2024-02-19 10:36:48Kosova&Bota SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX
Ursula Von der Leyen seeks a second term as EC President
Ursula von der Leyen

She vows to increase defense spending, improve business competitiveness and green policies

Ursula Von der Leyen will begin her campaign to seek a second term as president of the European Commission, seeking another 5 years at the helm of the EU executive with a campaign of increasing defense spending, improving competitiveness of business and green policies.

The 65-year-old will be nominated by her German CDU party after a meeting of its leaders in Berlin. The head of the most powerful institution in Brussels has carefully guarded her intentions over the past year, avoiding all questions on the subject. But the announcement of her candidacy for another five years would mark the first step in a four-month election battle that could involve a wider field, with some speculation that Estonia's prime minister, Kaja Kallas, could be a candidate for this task in the summer, when the final choice will be made.

Once elected, she must win the support of two other parties within the European People's Party (EPP), the centre-right grouping in the European Parliament, which also includes the ruling parties in Greece, Ireland, Lithuania and Sweden.

She must then win a vote at March's European People's Party Congress in Bucharest before facing the final hurdle in June, when the real race for top posts begins in Brussels. According to the media, the election of the president of the European Commission is linked to the results of the European Parliament elections scheduled for June 6 to 9. Her centre-right European People's Party (EPP) leads the polls ahead of June's European Parliament elections, a projection that if translated into results will give her the right to nominate the front-runner to head the next commission.

Viktor Orbán, Hungary's prime minister, is the only EU leader who has publicly stated that he is against a second term for von der Leyen. Other leaders, including Finland's Petteri Orpo and Spain's Pedro Sánchez, who hails from the rival Socialist group, have endorsed her tenure.

Von der Leyen has stated that if he were to hold this post again, he would create a new post of defense commissioner to oversee Brussels' support for the European defense industry. The comments followed an interview with the Financial Times last week in which she called for more financial support for European arms manufacturers through subsidies for joint production contracts and agreements that would guarantee long-term purchases of products.


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