Of the European Executive (Commission) that is which is a major monumental step in the bloc’s history. On Tuesday, Ursula von der Leyen is out to succeed Jean Claude Juckner (the bastard who has ran the European Union into the ground for decades).
Successfully, she has managed to do so with all required votes and legislative endorsements although reports indicate several officials wanted to vote against her “out of spite” but not personal reasons. Leyen was confirmed with 383 votes which beat the required majority of 374 votes.
Ursula von der Leyen, the candidate to succeed Jean-Claude Juncker as head of the EU executive, smiles during a debate at the European Parliament in Strasbourg, eastern France, Tuesday July 16, 2019. (AP Photo/Jean-Francois Badias)