German politician and former Defense Minister Ursula von der Leyen will seek a second term as chief of the European Commission, her center-right Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party announced on Monday.
CDU leader Friedrich Merz told a Berlin press conference von der Leyen was unanimously nominated.
Her nomination is expected to become official when the CDU’s European umbrella, the center-right European People’s party (EPP), which is meeting in Bucharest in early March.
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