This infoclip contains illustrative footage about Ursula von der Leyen, Candidate for the Commission Presidency for 2024 - 2029. After von der Leyen became the lead candidate for the EPP group, she participated in the 2024 Eurovision debate. The infoclip also shows von der Leyen voting in the European elections, delivering a speech at the election night, as well as participating in the European Council about the top jobs and the Conference of Presidents at the European Parliament.

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Infoclip: Ursula VON DER LEYEN, Candidate for the European Commission Presidency (2024-2029)

Announcement of EPP lead candidacy - press conference by Manfred WEBER (EPP, DE), Chair of EPP, and by Ursula VON DER LEYEN, President of the outgoing European Commission, Brussels, Belgium, 21/2/2024 (1 shot)

SOUNDBITE (English), Manfred WEBER, Chair of the EPP Group, Good morning, and thank you so much for your interest. Today at 12:00, the deadline finished about the nomination of candidates for the lead candidate for the EPP party. And we are proud to have now Ursula von der Leyen as the only proposed candidate.

SOUNDBITE (English), Ursula VON DER LEYEN, President of the outgoing European Commission, Thank you very much. I'm very grateful, Manfred, for the wave of support I felt and the warm reception in the EPP group. And I'm very much looking forward now to the weeks, where we going to work intensively together. 

Atmosphere shots of the EP in Brussels prior to the Eurovision debate between the lead candidates for the Commission presidency, Brussels, Belgium, 23/5/2024 (9 shots)

Extracts from Eurovision debate between the lead candidates for the Commission presidency, Brussels, Belgium, 23/5/2024 (10 shots)

Extracts from Ursula von der LEYEN, Lead candidate for the European People's Party, casting her vote, Lower Saxony, Germany, 9/6/2024 (3 shots)

Atmosphere shots from the Elections Night in the European Parliament, Brussels, Belgium, 9/6/2024 (6 shots)

SOUNDBITE (English), Ursula VON DER LEYEN, President of the outgoing European Commission, Today is a good day for the European People's Party. We won the European elections. We are by far the strongest party. We are the anchor of stability. And voters recognised our leadership during the last five years. 

Cutaway of Ursula von der Leyen at the stage during election night, Brussels, Belgium, 9/6/2024 (1 shot)

Q&amp;A, Are you confident that following the results, you can get the votes needed to have a second mandate?  

SOUNDBITE (English), Ursula VON DER LEYEN, President of the outgoing European Commission, Yes, I am confident. But of course, I know that there's still a lot of hard work ahead of me. 

Atmosphere shot from the election night in the European Parliament, Brussels, Belgium, 9/6/2024 (1 shot)

Ursula VON DER LEYEN, Candidate for the Commission Presidency for 2024 - 2029, participates in the European Council, Brussels, Belgium, 27/06/2024 (3 shots)

Charles Michel, Ursula von der Leyen, Kaja Kallas, and Antonio Costa held a press conference following the European Council, Brussels, Belgium, 27/06/2024 (2 shots)

SOUNDBITE (French), Charles MICHEL, President of the European Council, Ursula von der Leyen was proposed to assume the European Commission's Presidency for the next institutional mandate by the Leaders.

SOUNDBITE (English), Ursula VON DER LEYEN, President of the outgoing European Commission, I would simply like to express my gratitude to the Leaders who endorsed my nomination for a second mandate as President of the European Commission. 

Cutaways of the press conference held by Charles Michel, Ursula von der Leyen, Kaja Kallas, and Antonio Costa following the European Council, Brussels, Belgium, 27/06/2024 (6 shots)

Ursula von der Leyen, Candidate for the Commission Presidency for 2024 - 2029, participates in the Conference of the Presidents meeting to discuss with Roberta Metsola, EP President, and European Parliament's group leaders the next steps of for the election of the EU executive leader, Brussels, Belgium, 7/2/2024, (5 shots)