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Von der Leyen Commission

European Commission in office from 1 December 2019 until 2024 / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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The von der Leyen Commission is the current European Commission, in office since 1 December 2019 and is to last until the 2024 elections. It has Ursula von der Leyen as its president and it further consists of one commissioner from each of the member states of the European Union (other than the President's state, Germany).

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Von der Leyen Commission
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7th Commission of the European Union
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The College of Commissioners in 2021
Date formed1 December 2019
People and organisations
President of the CommissionUrsula von der Leyen (EPP, GER)
Vice-President(s) of the Commission
No. of commissioners27
Member parties
  •   EPP (10)
  •   PES (9)
  •   ALDE Party (5)
  •   Independent (2)
  •   ECR Party (1)
Status in legislature
History
Election(s)2019 European Parliament election
Legislature term(s)Ninth
Budget(s)€165.8 billion (2019)
PredecessorJuncker Commission
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The commission was scheduled to take office on 1 November 2019; however, the French, Hungarian and Romanian commissioner-candidates lost their confirmation votes by the European Parliament in early October 2019,[1] so new commissioners had to be selected from those three member states by the President-elect and subsequently confirmed by the Parliament. This process took place in November 2019 and the Commission eventually took office in its entirety on 1 December 2019.[2]