Ursula von der Leyen will announce on the morning of February 19 her readiness to seek a second term as President of the European Commission after a conversation at the Presidium of the Christian Democratic Union.
Bild writes about this with reference to its sources.
According to the publication, von der Leyen is expected in Berlin today after speaking at the Munich Security Conference.
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— Oppose the Kremlin despot Putin — that's what she now wants to do for the next five years. For months, the mother and grandmother of seven has dodged all questions about her future ambitions after her first term in office, — writes the publication.
Von der Leyen's candidacy can be officially approved on March 7 at the congress of the conservative European People's Party in Bucharest.
Wednesday, February 21, — deadline by which coalition candidates can be nominated for the position of President of the European Commission.
The EC President is elected for a five-year term in June. His reign comes into effect five months after the European Parliament elections.
Scholz blocked the appointment of von der Leyen to the post of NATO Secretary General
The media recently wrote that German Chancellor Olaf Scholz blocked the appointment of the current head of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, to the post of NATO Secretary General.
Her candidacy was allegedly proposed by US Secretary of State Antony Blinken. However, according to Die Welt, Scholz refused because he considered the position too important “to be entrusted to a Christian Democrat from Germany”.
