Ursula von der Leyen has been reelected to a second five-year term as president of the European Commission after a vote by EU lawmakers, as the continent’s mainstream seeks to reassert itself in ...

Von der Leyen promised to cut red tape, attract more investment, protect jobs, lower housing costs and boost defense spending across the EU. Her pro-business speech lines up with policies of the ...

A German conservative politician, Ms. von der Leyen was confirmed after a decisive approval vote at the Parliament on Thursday. She secured 401 votes in favor — 40 more than the 361 required for ...

STRASBOURG, France — Lawmakers at the European Parliament on Thursday reelected Ursula von der Leyen to a second five-year term as president of the European Union’s executive commission ...

STRASBOURG (Reuters) - Ursula von der Leyen was reelected by the European Parliament on Thursday for a second five-year term as president of the European Commission, the EU's powerful executive body.

In 2019, when von der Leyen was a crisis-hit German defense minister who was plucked to take on the EU’s most powerful job, she only made it across the line by nine votes. This time she’s got a proven ...

Ursula von der Leyen vowed on Thursday to not weaken Europe's efforts to tackle climate change, if she wins a second five-year term as President of the European Commission, the EU's most powerful ...