The European Commission is to have its first female President. The European Parliament voted narrowly yesterday to confirm Ursula von der Leyen, the outgoing German Defence Minister, as the Commission's first woman president. The narrow majority for von de Leyen reflects the greater fragmentation of the new European Parliament. She, along with the new College of Commissioners, will take office on November 1st.
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