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Von der Leyen Commission II

The Second Von der Leyen Commission will be the European Commission in office from 1 December 2024 until 2029. Its designated president is Ursula von der Leyen, who will preside over 27 other commissioners (one from each of the states composing the European Union, except Germany, which is Von der Leyen's state).

Von der Leyen Commission II

Commission of European Union
Berlaymont building – headquarters of the European Commission
People and organisations
Head of governmentUrsula von der Leyen
No. of ministers27
History
Election2024 European Parliament election
Legislature termTenth
PredecessorVon der Leyen Commission I

Election

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President of the Commission

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See also: Ursula von der Leyen § Commission presidency

To be elected Commission President, a candidate must be proposed by the European Council with a reinforced qualified majority (at least 72% of the states representing at least 65% of the population) and receive a majority of the votes of the members of the European Parliament (at least 361 out of 720).[1][2][3]

On 17 June, an "informal meeting" of the European Council was held, where the heads of state and government discussed the next institutional cycle and their candidate for the Commission presidency.[4] On 25 June, negotiators from the EPP (Kyriakos Mitsotakis and Donald Tusk), PES (Pedro Sánchez and Olaf Scholz) and Renew Europe (Emmanuel Macron and Mark Rutte) reached a preliminary agreement on the nominations.[3][5]

On 27 June, during the European Council meeting, national leaders proposed Ursula von der Leyen (EPP) as candidate for President of the European Commission,[6] after being named the European People's Party nominee in March 2024.[7] Hungary's Viktor Orban voted against von der Leyen and abstained on Kallas. Italy's Giorgia Meloni abstained from the vote on von der Leyen but voted against Costa and Kallas for their posts.[8][9][10]

In the following weeks, von der Leyen had bilateral meetings with EPP, S&D, Renew,[11] G/EFA[12] and ECR[13] groups to gather support for her re-election.[14] On 18 July, von der Leyen presented to the European Parliament her "Political Guidelines", followed by a debate among MEPs.[15][16] Ursula von der Leyen was re-elected president of the European Commission in a secret ballot, with 401 votes in favour, 284 against, and 22 cast blank or invalid votes.[17]

Public voting indication
(individual votes unknown, as the ballot was secret)
Required majority
360 out of 719  Y 		Political groups
(national delegations)
The Left S&D Greens/EFA Renew EPP ECR Patriots ESN NI
Position Against  N[18] In favour  Y[19] In favour  Y[20] In favour  Y[21] In favour  Y[22] Free vote[23] Against  N[24] Against  N[25]
In favour
401 / 719
 43 or more 27 or more 5 or more 42 or more 5 or more
Against
284 / 719
 11 or more 3 or more 1 or more 14 or more 10 or more Large majority
(self-declared)[23] 		45 or more 21 or more 17 or more
Blank or Void
22 / 719
Non Voting
12 / 719
Total : 719[69] 46 136 53 77 188 78 84 25 32

Commission

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See also: European Commission § Appointment

Von der Leyen is now expected to send official letters to the member states to nominate candidates for European Commissioners. The Commission is expected to take office on 1 December 2024, after being approved by the European Parliament.[17]

Commissioners

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Current membership of the European Council by their European political affiliation

As she did with her first commission, von der Leyen made a call for member states to each nominate two candidates for the European Commission, a woman and a man.[70][71][72]

Commissioners-Designate by member state

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Commissioner Portfolio References
Country Party Name Gender
  Austria
  Belgium
  Bulgaria
  Croatia
  Cyprus
  Czech Republic
  Denmark
  Estonia ALDE Kaja Kallas F High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy [73]
  Finland
  France
  Germany EPP Ursula von der Leyen F President of the European Commission [17]
  Greece
  Hungary
  Ireland ALDE Michael McGrath M [74]
  Italy
  Latvia EPP Valdis Dombrovskis M [75]
  Lithuania
  Luxembourg
  Malta
  Netherlands
  Poland
 Portugal
  Romania
  Slovakia
  Slovenia
  Spain PES Teresa Ribera F [76]
  Sweden

References

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  2. ^ "Qualified majority". European Counil. Retrieved 4 July 2024.
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  40. ^ Two ODS MEPs announced their vote:
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  53. ^ SD i Europaparlamentet [@sdeuparlamentet] (18 July 2024). "Ursula @vonderleyen förtjänar inte fem år till" (Tweet). Retrieved 18 July 2024 – via Twitter.
  54. ^ a b Marion Maréchal [@MarionMarechal] (18 July 2024). "Soutien à l'immigration massive, enfer fiscal et normatif, fanatisme vert, wokisme… rien dans l'agenda idéologique de von der Leyen n'est compatible avec notre vision de l'Europe" (Tweet) (in French). Retrieved 18 July 2024 – via Twitter.
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