Ursula von der Leyen does not consider candidacy in German elections

The President of the European Commission (EC) does not consider the candidacy in the German presidential election in 2027. TASR writes about it according to Politico.

“I am fully committed to my duties of the Commission chairman and I am not available for other positions,” said von Der Leyen in written answers to the editors’ questions.

During the summer, reports in the German media suggested that the EU’s executive body could leave before the end of the term of office in 2029 to apply for a German presidential seat. The former German politician was re -confirmed last year as the President of the EC and has held this post since 2019.

She criticized the Israeli government

In an interview, she also focused on the European Defense, the EU trade agreement with the US and the situation in the Gaza Strip. She reiterated that it is necessary to find “real security” for Israel and all Palestinians deserve “safe presence and future”. In her words, the two -state solution is the “only prospect of permanent peace in the region”. She criticized the steps of the Israeli government in the last month as a “clear attempt to undermine” this solution.

Therefore, the EC has decided to propose a set of “targeted and appropriate measures” against Israel in connection with the findings of human rights violations in the Gaza Strip, she said. Nevertheless, I realize that it is difficult to find the majority “within the EU in this respect, said von der Leyen.

Under the leadership of Von Der Leyen, the EC was a vote on distrust in July this year, when 175 MEPs voted for the proposal and 360 was against. Two votes of distrust will also face during the plenary session of the European Parliament 6. To 9 October. Lena, as a grouping of prestigious European media, was established in 2015. For example, he brings together DIE WELT diaries in Germany, El País in Spain, Le Figaro in France and La Repubblica in Italy.