President of the European Commission Van der Leyen was voted by the European Parliament to be re-elected as the next president. In the past five years, she has been dubbed the “Queen of Europe” by the media. She has led the EU through multiple crises such as the epidemic and energy. In the next five years, the world will Geopolitical tensions are unlikely to ease, and she will face more challenges.

The new European Parliament passed an absolute majority of 401 votes in favor and 284 votes against on the afternoon of the 18th to re-elect Ursula von der Leyen as President of the European Commission (European Commission). The support was relatively high. It was more than the 383 votes five years ago.

She is the first female president in the history of the European Commission and the first time a German has held this position in half a century.

Van der Leyen gave a speech in the morning before the vote, and similar questioning procedures were conducted by representatives of various parliamentary party groups and members registered to speak. During this period, although some members of the extreme right and extreme left criticized her severely, and even a Romanian extreme right Party members suddenly roared in their seats and interrupted other members’ speeches. Speaker Roberta Metsola forcibly asked him to leave the room, but this did not prevent Vanderlein from passing the test smoothly.

The 66-year-old Van der Leyen’s childhood dream was to become an archaeologist. He first studied economics in college and then changed to medicine. His work experience includes gynecologist, housewife, and local councillor. He served as minister of family, labor, and defense in the German federal government. Later, he Although his political career did not go well in Germany, he flourished in the European Union.

She is known as a workaholic in the circles of the EU headquarters in Brussels. The EU has not provided a dormitory for the presidency. She has simply lived in the presidential office in the Executive Committee Building since she took office in 2019. She has only set aside a room of about 7 and a half square feet as her “official residence” to facilitate her busy work from morning to night. .

The American Time magazine (TIME) will feature Van der Leyen on its cover in 2022, describing her demonstration of solidarity with EU member states amid the Covid-19 (coronavirus disease) epidemic, Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the war and the resulting energy crises. Mediation capabilities and a clear moral perspective on the Russia-Ukraine war.

Vander Leyen told TIME she believes in constant communication and coordination. Perhaps because she is the third of seven children in her family, she has become an expert at balancing the competing interests of all parties. Interestingly, she later gave birth to seven children and “hated” that in her political career she was often asked how to balance family and work. “Male ministers are never asked this question.”

Although she is good at patient communication, the Executive Committee at the core of the EU’s administration also has executive members selected by the other 26 EU member states to form a “cabinet” with her. She has also been complained that she does not discuss policies with the executive committee and often works alone. Decide.

Nicolas Schmit, the executive committee member for labor and social policy who was her re-election rival, pointed out in an interview with Euractiv that major policy programs such as immigration were only informed at the last minute. , “You have only one hour to express your approval or disapproval.”

He criticized van der Leyen’s interaction with the executive committee as not a management style he favored “because we are clearly a geopolitical committee, not a political committee.” This means that Van der Leyen should respect the representativeness of the executive committee members from member states.

As the world enters an era of change, the EU will only face more challenges. Vanderlein, who is proficient in English, French and German mother tongue, and has lived in London, UK and California, USA for several years, is in a diverse and complex country like the EU. In the family, we need to give greater play to our coordination skills.