Ursula von der Leyen is aiming for a second term as EU Commission President. The CDU politician explained this at a meeting of the party leadership in Berlin.
She was then unanimously nominated by the CDU board. The US magazine Forbes recently named her the ‘most powerful woman in the world’ The 65-year-old also sits at the table as an EU representative at almost all major international summits such as the G7 or G20. She has been in charge of around 32,000 employees since December 1, 2019.