Ursula von der Leyen announces re-election bid as European Commission president | Euronews
Ursula von der Leyen, the president of the European Commission, has confirmed her intention to lead the executive for five more years. #EuropeNews
Nobody elected her in the first place, this is ridiculous. She's been terrible at every job she had.
She was elected by the European Parliament (elected by all citizens) at the proposal of the council, which is formed by the heads of government (elected by all citizens).
I'm not saying that the system is good, but between that and not being chosen by anyone, I think there is a lot of distance. Now she is clearly the EPP candidate so whoever votes for them will know who they vote for, I wish the rest of the groups did the same.
If we nitpicky here: She is the CDU/CSU candidate now. The EPP candidate is formally decided next month.
Now she is clearly the EPP candidate so whoever votes for them will know who they vote for,
No they won't, as is evident by the very fact she got this office in the first place.
I still wonder why people think, that they vote for the commission president in the european elections. You vote for a party and then the parliament elects the president. If the front runner of the winning faction does not get a majority in parliament, they won't be elected.
Yeah, she was elected. Can't really say if she's been good or bad, a bit of both I think.
Having the council of ministers select a candidate and then have the parliament vote on it seems like an acceptable way of doing it, especially since its the job of the commission to look to the entire bloc and not any specific country.
What would be a better way of selecting a commission president?
I don't understand how this is possible after the German Defense Ministry 'illegally' wiped von der Leyen's phone in 2019 when she was German minister, although she admitted mistakes, but denied responsibility in defence contract scandal as defence minister, didn't disclose her 'Pfizer texts' as Commissioner during the pandemic.
We needed more democracy in the EU, more transparency imo.
She showed documented child rape material in a closed meeting (I think it was to press?) to gain support for her online regulation/blocking efforts. It's when I learned of the term demagoge.
Between that, her work as a defense minister (costly contracts to contractors) and no improvements to the military, and what you said, I feel like at least I don't hear as much or as bad things of her as president. Which alone is a low bar of course.
Sure Zensursula. Just show us those SMS before we think about it, alright?
Get her out