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The European Parliament reelected Ursula von der Leyen on Thursday for another five-year term as president of the European Commission, 401 to 284, exceeding the required threshold of 360 votes.

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This comfortable result comes as she held several closed-door meetings over the past days with groups such as the right-wing European Conservatives and Reformists (ECR) and the Greens.

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Von der Leyen, whose Christian Democratic Union belongs to the center-right European People's Party (EPP), called her reelection a victory for the pro-EU, pro-Ukraine and pro-rule of law camp in the European Parliament.

Ahead of the vote, she presented a 31-page policy proposal setting out her priorities in a second term — to boost investment for "green, digital, and social transition" and to create a European Defense Union.

She further pledged to appoint new commissioners for defense, EU enlargement, housing and the Mediterranean region, as well as to establish a Europe-wide air defense system and cyber protection as projects of "common interest."

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Meanwhile, former Portuguese socialist Prime Minister António Costa and Estonia's outgoing Prime Minister Kaja Kallas are set to become the head of the European Council and the EU's top diplomat, respectively, later this year.

Ursula von der Leyen Reelected as European Commission President

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