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Von der Leyen unveiled the new proposed EU Commission's structure (whom she deemed to be a "geopolitical" one) [145] on 10 September 2019, renaming a number of posts of the College of Commissioners to make them sound less formal and more goal-oriented, including the controversial portfolio for "Protecting our European Way of Life", [146] [147 ...
Most go back to 1957 but others, such as the Presidents of the Auditors or the European Central Bank have been created recently. Currently (2025), the President of the European Commission is Ursula von der Leyen and the President of the European Council is António Costa.
The Second von der Leyen Commission is the current European Commission, in office since 1 December 2024. It consists of one commissioner from each of the member states of the European Union – including Ursula von der Leyen , its president , who is from Germany .
Von der Leyen, 65, oversaw the Commission's response to the COVID-19 pandemic, which included the coordinated purchase and roll-out of vaccines across the bloc and a refusal to suspend the EU's ...
von der Leyen (German pronunciation: [fɔn deːɐ̯ ˈlaɪən] ⓘ) may refer to: Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission First Von der Leyen Commission; Second von der Leyen Commission; House of Leyen, a German noble family Fürst von der Leyen und zu Hohengeroldseck, a noble title held by the family
Von der Leyen raised both fists in victory as the Parliament President Roberta Metsola read out the result at the legislature. The re-election ensures leadership continuity for the 27-nation bloc ...
Count Richard von Coudenhove-Kalergi (1894–1972) published the Paneuropa manifesto in 1923 which set up the movement of that name. At the start of the 1950s Robert Schuman (1886–1963), based on a plan by Jean Monnet (1888–1979), called for a European Coal and Steel Community in his " Schuman declaration ".
Germany's Ursula von der Leyen will seek a second term as head of the European Union's powerful Commission in a move that could make her the most significant politician representing the bloc's 450 ...