Two-thirds of the votes cast are required to force the President and the Commissioners to resign, which has happened only ...

Messages over COVID vaccines have cast a shadow over Ursula von der Leyen's presidency and the European Commission's ...

Von der Leyen's reappointment still requires approval from EU member states' leaders. The European Union’s largest political party on Thursday endorsed Ursula von der Leyen’s bid for a second ...

Von der Leyen arguably got a running head start on her European path. She was born in 1958 as one of seven children of Ernst Albrecht, a senior civil servant at the inception in the 1950s of the ...

A German conservative politician, Ms. von der Leyen was confirmed after a decisive approval vote at the Parliament on Thursday. She secured 401 votes in favor — 40 more than the 361 required for ...

Von der Leyen, however, has been unable to replicate that model in large part because of the heavy-handedness of Martin Selmayr, who served as the top aide to Juncker.

Another term for Ms. von der Leyen would provide continuity for bloc, which could also expect her to further expand the authority of her position, even beyond its duties overseeing the 32,000 ...

Von der Leyen promised to cut red tape, attract more investment, protect jobs, lower housing costs and boost defense spending across the EU. Her pro-business speech lines up with policies of the ...

STRASBOURG, France — Lawmakers at the European Parliament on Thursday reelected Ursula von der Leyen to a second five-year term as president of the European Union’s executive commission ...

She’s been the face of the EU’s vaccine crisis. The question now is what the impact will be on Ursula von der Leyen’s broader agenda for Europe once the pandemic is behind her.

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen will make a new push at boosting women's representation on companies' boards, trying to unblock legislation for a women's quota which has been ...

She’s been the face of the EU’s vaccine crisis. The question now is what the impact will be on Ursula von der Leyen’s broader agenda for Europe once the pandemic is behind her.