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2019/2041(INS) Decision on the election of the President of the Commission

Progress: Procedure completed

Legal Basis:
Treaty on European Union TEU 17-p7-a1

Events

2019/11/29
   Final act published in Official Journal
2019/07/16
   EP - Text adopted by Parliament, single reading
Documents
2019/07/16
   EP - Decision by Parliament
Details

The European Parliament adopted the decision on the election of the President of the Commission.

It has elected Ursula VON DER LEYEN as the President of the Commission for the term of office running from 1 November 2019 until 31 October 2024.

Voting results:

Number of Members of Parliament: 747

Majority of the Members of Parliament: 374

- number of voters: 733

- for: 383

- against: 327

- abstentions: 22

- invalid ballots: 1.

Parliament instructed its President to ask the Council and Ursula von der Leyen to propose by common accord the nominees for appointment as members of the Commission.

Documents
2019/07/16
   EP - End of procedure in Parliament

Documents

History

(these mark the time of scraping, not the official date of the change)

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Election of the President of the Commission
New
Decision on the election of the President of the Commission
events/0/type
Old
Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading
New
Decision by Parliament
events/0/docs/0/url
Old
http://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/TA-9-2019-0002_EN.html
New
https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/TA-9-2019-0002_EN.html
events/2
date
2019-11-29T00:00:00
type
Final act published in Official Journal
docs
procedure/final
title
Decision 2019/1989
url
https://eur-lex.europa.eu/smartapi/cgi/sga_doc?smartapi!celexplus!prod!CELEXnumdoc&lg=EN&numdoc=32019D1989
procedure/stage_reached
Old
Procedure completed, awaiting publication in Official Journal
New
Procedure completed
events/0/docs/0/url
Old
http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?type=TA&language=EN&reference=P9-TA-2019-0002
New
http://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/TA-9-2019-0002_EN.html
events/0/summary
  • The European Parliament adopted the decision on the election of the President of the Commission.
  • It has elected Ursula VON DER LEYEN as the President of the Commission for the term of office running from 1 November 2019 until 31 October 2024.
  • Voting results:
  • Number of Members of Parliament: 747
  • Majority of the Members of Parliament: 374
  • - number of voters: 733
  • - for: 383
  • - against: 327
  • - abstentions: 22
  • - invalid ballots: 1.
  • Parliament instructed its President to ask the Council and Ursula von der Leyen to propose by common accord the nominees for appointment as members of the Commission.
docs
  • date: 2019-07-16T00:00:00 docs: url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?type=TA&language=EN&reference=P9-TA-2019-0002 title: T9-0002/2019 type: Text adopted by Parliament, single reading body: EP
events
  • date: 2019-07-16T00:00:00 type: Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading body: EP docs: url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?type=TA&language=EN&reference=P9-TA-2019-0002 title: T9-0002/2019
  • date: 2019-07-16T00:00:00 type: End of procedure in Parliament body: EP
forecasts
  • date: 2019-07-16T00:00:00 title: Vote in plenary scheduled
procedure/stage_reached
Old
Awaiting Parliament 1st reading / single reading / budget 1st stage
New
Procedure completed, awaiting publication in Official Journal
procedure/legal_basis
  • Treaty on European Union TEU 17-p7-a1