Von der Leyen Commission

Von der Leyen Commission

7th Commission of the European Union
The College of Commissioners in 2021
Date formed1 December 2019
Date dissolved30 November 2024
People and organisations
President of the CommissionUrsula von der Leyen (EPP, GER)
Vice-President(s) of the Commission
No. of commissioners27
Member parties
  •   EPP (11)
  •   PES (8)
  •   ALDE Party (6)
  •   ECR Party (1)
  •   EGP (1)
Status in legislature
  • 421 / 705 (60%)
  • Informal Coalition (421):
History
Election(s)2019 European Parliament election
Legislature term(s)Ninth
Budget(s)€165.8 billion (2019)
PredecessorJuncker Commission
SuccessorVon der Leyen Commission II

The von der Leyen Commission is the current European Commission, in office since 1 December 2019 and is to last until the formation of the forthcoming Second Von der Leyen Commission. It consists of one commissioner from each of the member states of the European Union – including Ursula von der Leyen, its president, who is from Germany.

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]

  1. ^ Amaro, Silvia (1 November 2019). "The new EU leadership is in limbo after lawmakers reject three new members". CNBC. Retrieved 1 November 2019.
  2. ^ "Von der Leyen's in — now the hard work begins". POLITICO. 27 November 2019. Retrieved 2 December 2019.