EU Parliament to decide on second term for Commission chief von der Leyen
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Ursula von der Leyen's political fate will be decided on Thursday (July 18), when the European Parliament chooses whether to elect or reject her for another five-year term as president of the European Commission, the EU's powerful executive body. She made her final leadership pitch Thursday in a speech to lawmakers at the European Parliament. FRANCE 24's Armen Gerogian gives us his analysis.