Von der Leyen, a German conservative, put herself forward this week for another five years running the powerful EU executive, which proposes new European laws. She is the clear front-runner for the job.
The decision will be taken after June’s European election by the EU’s 27 national leaders, who — according to the bloc’s treaties — should take the election results into account.
Von der Leyen’s center-right political family, the European People’s Party, said Wednesday that she is their only candidate, meaning she will be endorsed at a party congress in Bucharest in early March.
