The 65-year-old head of the European Commission is predicted to announce she’ll run for re-election at a gathering of her birthday celebration in Berlin on Monday.
Ursula von der Leyen, the present president of the European Council, is predicted to announce her bid for a 2d time period in place of job on Monday all through a gathering of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) birthday celebration in Berlin.
Until now, von der Leyen, 65, had most effective hinted at the potential for working once more for the highest activity, heading off to obviously state her intentions in spite of mounting force.
To marketing campaign for the position, von der Leyen should obtain the backing of 2 different events inside her European People’s Party (EPP), a centre-right, pro-European political birthday celebration within the EU Parliament which gathers a complete of 83 events from 44 international locations.
She then must win a vote on the EPP’s Congress in Bucharest in March and look ahead to the results of the European Parliament election on 6-9 June.
At the instant, EPP leads the polls for the June elections.
To win, von der Leyen would wish the give a boost to of a majority of participants of the brand new European Parliament.
If re-elected, she shall be in place of job for some other 5 years.
