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Ursula von der Leyen secured narrow parliamentary backing for her appointment as European Commission president on Tuesday as deep scepticism from pro-EU parties forced her to rely on votes from far-right and populist MEPs. After a final appeal to the European Parliament, the former German defence minister won just 383 votes in favour of giving her the top job in Brussels — only nine more than the needed 374 to secure a majority. The margin is the narrowest backing ever received by a commission president since parliament was given the power to reject nominees under the 2008 Lisbon treaty. The narrow approval of Ms von der Leyen’s five-year mandate marks a victory for the EU’s national leaders over parliamentarians. Driven by France’s Emmanuel Macron, they faced down MEPs’ demand that one of the so-called lead candidates in May’s EU elections should get Brussels’ top job. Comments are closed.
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