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2019/2041(INS) Election of the President of the Commission

Progress: Procedure completed, awaiting publication in Official Journal

Legal Basis:
Treaty on European Union TEU 17-p7-a1

Events

2019/07/16
   EP - Text adopted by Parliament, single reading
Documents
2019/07/16
   EP - Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading
Details

The European Parliament adopted the decision on the election of the President of the Commission.

It has elected Ursula VON DER LEYEN as the President of the Commission for the term of office running from 1 November 2019 until 31 October 2024.

Voting results:

Number of Members of Parliament: 747

Majority of the Members of Parliament: 374

- number of voters: 733

- for: 383

- against: 327

- abstentions: 22

- invalid ballots: 1.

Parliament instructed its President to ask the Council and Ursula von der Leyen to propose by common accord the nominees for appointment as members of the Commission.

Documents
2019/07/16
   EP - End of procedure in Parliament

Documents

  • Text adopted by Parliament, single reading: T9-0002/2019
  • Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading: T9-0002/2019
  • Text adopted by Parliament, single reading: T9-0002/2019

History

(these mark the time of scraping, not the official date of the change)

events/0/docs/0/url
Old
http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?type=TA&language=EN&reference=P9-TA-2019-0002
New
http://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/TA-9-2019-0002_EN.html
events/0/summary
  • The European Parliament adopted the decision on the election of the President of the Commission.
  • It has elected Ursula VON DER LEYEN as the President of the Commission for the term of office running from 1 November 2019 until 31 October 2024.
  • Voting results:
  • Number of Members of Parliament: 747
  • Majority of the Members of Parliament: 374
  • - number of voters: 733
  • - for: 383
  • - against: 327
  • - abstentions: 22
  • - invalid ballots: 1.
  • Parliament instructed its President to ask the Council and Ursula von der Leyen to propose by common accord the nominees for appointment as members of the Commission.
docs
  • date: 2019-07-16T00:00:00 docs: url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?type=TA&language=EN&reference=P9-TA-2019-0002 title: T9-0002/2019 type: Text adopted by Parliament, single reading body: EP
events
  • date: 2019-07-16T00:00:00 type: Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading body: EP docs: url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?type=TA&language=EN&reference=P9-TA-2019-0002 title: T9-0002/2019
  • date: 2019-07-16T00:00:00 type: End of procedure in Parliament body: EP
forecasts
  • date: 2019-07-16T00:00:00 title: Vote in plenary scheduled
procedure/stage_reached
Old
Awaiting Parliament 1st reading / single reading / budget 1st stage
New
Procedure completed, awaiting publication in Official Journal
procedure/legal_basis
  • Treaty on European Union TEU 17-p7-a1