European Commission elects first female president
(CNN)Germany's Ursula von der Leyen has been elected as the European Commission's first female president.
Her nomination was approved by 383 votes in a secret ballot on Tuesday evening at the European Parliament in Strasbourg, France.
There
were 327 votes against her and 22 abstentions. After being elected by a
narrow margin of just nine votes over the required 374, von der Leyen
called for a "united and strong Europe."
The
60-year-old outgoing German defense minister and multilingual mother of
seven will succeed Jean-Claude Juncker, who has served as president
since 2014 and will step down on October 31.
She
will be tasked with leading the EU's executive body and providing
political guidance to the Commission, which proposes new laws, manages
the EU budget and is responsible for enforcing EU law.
Prior
to the vote, von der Leyen made a series of promises to attract the
support of parliament members from across the political spectrum.
Speaking
in parliament on Tuesday, she said that she wanted Europe to be the
first "climate-neutral continent" in the world, proposing a new "green
deal" to make the EU carbon neutral by 2050.
Von
der Leyen also spoke on gender equality, and said that she would
propose to add violence against women to the list of EU crimes.
In
a letter on Monday addressed to the parliament's Progressive Alliance
of Socialists and Democrats, von der Leyen had also said that she would
propose a "new pact on migration and asylum,"
that would establish a "new way of burden sharing," and would plan to
bring the EU's border force Frontex to 10,000 staff by 2024.
'A huge challenge'
Von der Leyen was congratulated by leaders across the 28-country bloc.
In
a message posted to Twitter, Junker congratulated von der Leyen for
being the first woman to lead the commission and said: "This job is a
huge responsibility and a challenge. I am sure you will make a great
president. Welcome home!"
German
Foreign Minister Heiko Maas said in a Twitter post: "Congratulations to
@vonderleyen. She campaigned for a united and strong EU, now we want to
work on this together. The world doesn't wait for Europe."
Von der Leyen will assume her position on November 1, one day after Britain's current scheduled withdrawal from the EU.
In
a press conference after her election, Ursula von der Leyen spoke on
Brexit, saying she will work in a "constructive way" with any new UK
leader ahead of the October 31 deadline.
She declined to say if she would rather see Boris Johnson or
UK Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt, the frontrunners for the Conservative
leadership contest to become Britain's new Prime Minister.
Asked
about winning the vote in a slim majority, von der Leyen said she will
work with pro-European parties for "stable majorities."
"I don't know who voted for me, I know it was very difficult to achieve a majority," she said.
A controversial nomination
Some German media outlets say it's "good news" for the military that von der Leyen is leaving her position as defense minister.
Von der
Leyen is a long-time ally to German Chancellor Angela Merkel, and is the
only minister to have served in Merkel's cabinet since she came to
power back in 2005.
In a
statement, Merkel congratulated her, saying she looked forward to "good
cooperation" with von der Leyen as "a new partner" in Brussels. "After
over 50 years, a German will be at the top of the European executive,"
she noted.
Von der Leyen's
nomination to replace Juncker was unexpected since von der Leyen wasn't
even a candidate. Some have described her nomination as a backroom deal
in Brussels.
Ahead of the vote, von
der Leyen faced a lot of criticism, particularly from Merkel's
coalition partners -- the Social Democrats (SPD) -- who were upset that
EU leaders ignored the top candidates after days of horse-trading.
European
leaders nominated von der Leyen to lead the Commission after they
failed to agree on any of the nominees put forward by European political
parties ahead of the EU elections. Von der Leyen beat the original
frontrunner for the role, Dutch socialist Frans Timmermans.
Domestically von der Leyen has been a divisive figure, with some German media outlets recently reporting that it's "good news" for the military that von der Leyen is leaving her position as defense minister.
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