Ursula von der Leyen’s future as president of the European Commission will be decided on Thursday, July 18 at 1 p.m.
That’s when members of the European Parliament will vote on whether she should get a second term. For that to happen, she needs 361 votes (out of 720 MEPs).
The final decision on the date was made at a meeting of the Conference of Presidents — the Parliament’s most senior officials.
According to the Parliament’s agenda for next week in Strasbourg, there will be a statement from von der Leyen at 9 a.m. followed by a debate until 11 a.m.
The vote will start at 1 p.m. After 30 minutes for MEPs to vote on paper, the votes will be counted and then announced at around 2:45 p.m.
If von der Leyen fails to get 361 votes, then the EU’s national leaders have to go back to the drawing board and come up with another candidate.
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