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Von der Leyen was selected and proposed to the [[European Parliament]] by the [[European Council]] on 3 July 2019 following a three day long negotiations between leaders of the member states. Von der Leyen faced many critics, especially by MEPs since the European Council ignored the so called [[spitzenkandidat]] system when chosing candidate for the position. |
Von der Leyen was selected and proposed to the [[European Parliament]] by the [[European Council]] on 3 July 2019 following a three day long negotiations between leaders of the member states. Von der Leyen faced many critics, especially by MEPs since the European Council ignored the so called [[spitzenkandidat]] system when chosing candidate for the position. |
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Revision as of 19:54, 16 July 2019
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| Election | 2019 European Parliament election |
| Predecessor | Juncker Commission |
The Von der Leyen Commission will be the European Commission in office from 1 November 2019 until 2024. Its designated president is Ursula von der Leyen, who will preside over 27 other commissioners (one from each of the states composing the European Union, except Germany, which is Von der Leyen's state).
Election
Von der Leyen was selected and proposed to the European Parliament by the European Council on 3 July 2019 following a three day long negotiations between leaders of the member states. Von der Leyen faced many critics, especially by MEPs since the European Council ignored the so called spitzenkandidat system when chosing candidate for the position.
On 16 July 2019 European Parliament took a vote on the proposal by the European Council and elected Von der Leyen with 383 votes (374 votes needed). Von der Leyen is now expected to call upon the member states to nominate candidates for European Commissioners. The Commission is expected to take office on 1 November 2019.
Commissioners
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Even before von der Leyen's confirmation, she has pledged to rename Frans Timmermans, the spitzenkandidat of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats, as the First Vice-President of the Commission. Other names have been mentioned by various news outlets as candidates but so far nothing is decided:
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