The candidate nominated by the European Council for the Presidency of the European Commission, Germany's Ursula von der Leyen, gave additional assurances on Monday 15 July to the four main political groups - EPP, S&D, Renew Europe, Greens/EFA - of the European Parliament, in order to secure a stable pro-European majority when MEPs voted on her candidacy on Tuesday 16 July in Strasbourg.
In two letters to the Social Democratic S&D and Liberal Renew Europe groups in response to their written...