The President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, will run for a second term, she announced on Monday, Ednews reports citing La Tribune.

And this, during the European elections scheduled for June 6 to 9. “ I am making a conscious and considered decision today: I would like to run for a second term ,” said the German official during a press conference after receiving the support of the CDU, the German conservative party of which she is member.

During the five years in which she chaired the European executive, the unity of the Twenty-Seven was nevertheless put to the test by Brexit, the Covid-19 pandemic, the Russian offensive in Ukraine, standoff between the United States and China. While she was elected by a narrow margin in 2019, imposed as a surprise candidate by the heads of state and government, the president of the commission, aged 65, is nevertheless going into the campaign this time with a length of 'advance.

Indeed, the European People's Party (EPP), of which Ursula von der Leyen's CDU is a part, has the most heads of state and government within the EU and should come out on top in the elections, according to the surveys. The former German Minister of Defense, the first woman to have headed the Commission, should therefore be designated by the EPP as its head of list for the European elections during a congress on March 6 and 7 in Bucharest.