What to expect from Parliament's first plenary session after the EU elections
Roberta Metsola, support for Ukraine and Ursula von der Leyen will be the main topics of the first plenary session since the June..
Ursula Gertrud von der Leyen is a German politician, serving as the 13th president of the European Commission since 2019. She served in the German federal government between 2005 and 2019, holding positions in Angela Merkel's cabinet, most recently as federal minister of defence. Von der Leyen is a member of the centre-right Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and its affiliated europarty, the European People's Party (EPP). On 7 March 2024, the EPP elected her as its Spitzenkandidat to lead the campaign for the 2024 European parliament elections.
Roberta Metsola, support for Ukraine and Ursula von der Leyen will be the main topics of the first plenary session since the June..
Ursula von der Leyen, António Costa and Kaja Kallas have been tipped to lead the European Union in the next five years.