In a secret ballot vote Thursday, Members of the European Parliament will decide on a second term for Ursula von der Leyen as the head of the European Commission.
Fall short, and it’s over for von der Leyen’s Commission ambitions and EU leaders will have to come up with an alternative. She needs the support of at least 361 MEPs in the 720-seat European Parliament.
In the first step of the two-part process, EU leaders in June backed von see Leyen for a second term by a majority.
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