On Tuesday, the European Parliament approved Ursula von der Leyen to be the new president of the European Commission, the EU's effective executive branch.
To understand the narrow voting margin, you need to understand that the president of the European Commission is in no way elected directly by the people.
In 2012, Josep Borrell, former president of the European Parliament and former minister in various Spanish socialist governments, was forced to resign from his position as president of the European University Institute following allegations of conflicts of interest.
Alongside von der Leyen, Borrell is about to be confirmed as the new head of EU diplomacy.
The European Union is all about distributing the large number of positions and policy priorities between the involved parties, and in this case, the left felt shafted.
On social issues, von der Leyen wants a "Social" market economy, including a European minimum wage and an EU unemployment benefit fund, as well as social transfers likely financed by new taxes on energy consumption.
Von der Leyen is used to giving in to the Left anyway.
https://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/the-european-unions-new-executive-kowtows-to-the-left/
To understand the narrow voting margin, you need to understand that the president of the European Commission is in no way elected directly by the people.
In 2012, Josep Borrell, former president of the European Parliament and former minister in various Spanish socialist governments, was forced to resign from his position as president of the European University Institute following allegations of conflicts of interest.
Alongside von der Leyen, Borrell is about to be confirmed as the new head of EU diplomacy.
The European Union is all about distributing the large number of positions and policy priorities between the involved parties, and in this case, the left felt shafted.
On social issues, von der Leyen wants a "Social" market economy, including a European minimum wage and an EU unemployment benefit fund, as well as social transfers likely financed by new taxes on energy consumption.
Von der Leyen is used to giving in to the Left anyway.
https://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/the-european-unions-new-executive-kowtows-to-the-left/
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