Ursula von der Leyen announces re-election bid as European Commission president | Euronews
Ursula von der Leyen announces re-election bid as European Commission president | Euronews
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Ursula von der Leyen announces re-election bid as Commission president
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.
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?