Ursula von der Leyen secures second term as European Commision President

Ursula von der Leyen has secured a second term as European Commission President, following a vote in the European Parliament.
After MEPs voted to support her candidacy, Dr von der Leyen said she could not “begin to express how grateful I am”.
Although she had the backing of the Irish Government, Dr von der Leyen’s bid for a second term was opposed by many Irish MEPs.
Ahead of the vote, Sinn Féin’s Lynn Boylan urged her colleagues to vote against Dr von der Leyen in order to, “Say no to genocide and say no to Von der Leyen.”
Fianna Fáil’s Barry Andrews told Newstalk Breakfast that Dr von der Leyen had to be held accountable for the “the damage that she’s done to our reputation” due to her support for Israel.
After the result, Luke ‘Ming’ Flanagan tweeted that he was “disgusted” by his colleagues’ decision.
Dr von der Leyen began her first term as European Commission President in 2019 as the candidate of the centre-right European People's Party - which Fine Gael is a member of.
Beforehand, she entered European politics, Dr von der Leyen served as Defence Minister in the Government of Angela Merkel.
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[@jimbanda]

This was decided and delivered before any "Vote" 😢

[@martinmcdonald4207]

Well done to the Polish MEP Ewa Hernik for giving The re elected Commisioner some home truths for Urula Von der Leyen on her reign over her last term as EU Commisioner. That Polish MP spoke for most sane Europeans. Well done to her. Well said Lynn Boylan for speaking out for Gaza. Claire Daly would have done the same.

[@jaroslawsmolarek8212]

The old gang is backi in power.

[@the-lobster-man6786]

the Irish people were lied to, but what will we do, nothing

[@marygill7087]

The same with the voteing !

[@green-hope1]

Really? A second term?

[@petrescuconstanta992]

No way 😡😡😡💩💩💩💩

[@anikobordacs739]

Corruption win.

[@johnnyknoxville5917]

@@anikobordacs739 evil always win

[@jiripokorny7704]

Ta paní mluví o pravém opaku toho co EU dělá! Vše co odporuje morálce je nezákonné. A spravedlnost existuje. Ale potřebuje zastání!

[@donalobrien7582]

Von de Lying Favourite Hobby is PLAGIARISM.

[@josephmurphy1509]

This could be the final nail in the Coffin of the EU project and good Riddance.💓

[@MrDRDB]

She is like Adolf...while the Russians were already entering Berlin he was promissing the "Wunderwaffe" and the "Endsieg".

[@WisdomIsMineee]

Still a People unelect. What a Joke this is

[@anikobordacs739]

Lady ????? Who ???

[@briancollins9898]

Absaloute tyrant

[@FatmireBehluli]

madam Fatmire Behluli origin Kosovare jetoj ne France

[@guest3069]

What is value of court decision for her being quilty..

[@pavlaurbanova1708]

Commitment dawn badly etc.......

[@ionutdanca5446]

So UE is doomed

[@rosteri7577]

Enemies of Trump Both Zele and EU

[@pavlarybarova537]

Svině a mrcha

[@taslimaakhter8331]

Dear parliament member please save our Bangladeshi students . Please do something immediately . Lots of students already died due government party . Please save our students and raise your voice regarding Bangladeshi students