Absolute favorite and no internal rivals: Von der Leyen confirms he will seek a second mandate
Exit pistol. Ursula von der Leyen, president of the European Commission, has been confirmed this Monday as the candidate of the German Democratic Party (CDU) and at the beginning of March will predictably be crowned as the Spitzencandidate or candidate to preside over the next Executive Community on the part of the European Popular Party. (PPE). The German former Defense Minister, the most powerful woman in Europe at the moment, has no internal competition at the moment and is considered the indisputable favorite to repeat the job. In Brussels there has been talk of Von der Leyen's re-election for months. When will she run for the post and will she have some kind of problem to deal with the new task which she reached in 2019, being a candidate much discussed by the European Parliament. It was an imposition by the leaders who passed over the system of the Spitzenkandidates, which dictated that the heads of state and government should nominate the next President of the Commission from among the candidates elected by the European political families. Now, Germany will have to closely follow the European elections of 6 to 9 June 2024, which will determine whether the so-called “mayor of Von der Leyen”, conformed by socialists, populists and liberals, continues to maintain an absolute majority in the Eurocamera. the growth of the ultraconservative groups (ECR, by their signature in English) and of the extreme right (ID). The whole world was worried that Von der Leyen would be the candidate of the PPE, despite her poor relationship with the leader of the European Christian Democratic Family, also German Manfred Weber, and the whole world was also worried that she would lose to him. cargo. This is demonstrated, for example, with the election of the spitzencandidat of the European Socialists (PSE), the unknown Commissary of Employment and Rights Sociales, the Luxembourgish Nicolas Schmit. The election of Schmit indicates that the PSE will lose the race for the Executive of the Community and is positioning the Luxembourger to be Vice-President Executive of the next Commission, focusing on other posts, especially that of the Presidency of the Council of Europe, the Forum of Heads of of State and Government of the European Union

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