European Council： Decided to nominate Ursula von der Leyen for re-election as President of the European Commission.

　　BEIJING, June 28 (Xinhua) According to Reuters news, on the 27th local time, at the EU summit in Brussels, the European Council decided to nominate Ursula von der Leyen for re-election as the president of the European Commission.

　　At the same time, the meeting also elected former Portuguese Prime Minister Costa as the next president of the European Council, and nominated Estonian Prime Minister Caras as the EU’s High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy.

　　According to the report, Italian Prime Minister Silvio meloni abstained from voting on Ursula von der Leyen’s re-election and voted against Costa and Caras, despite his broad support within the EU. She then said on social media that she decided not to support the nominated new EU leaders.

　　In addition, Hungarian Prime Minister Orban voted against Ursula von der Leyen.

　　According to the report, Ursula von der Leyen’s nomination still needs to be voted by secret ballot in the European Parliament. In a short speech, Ursula von der Leyen thanked the leaders who supported her and said that she would now seek the support of the Parliament.

　　According to reports, Ursula von der Leyen is from the center right, Costa is from the center left, and Callas is from the European liberals.