The new majority of the European Parliament will be "pro-European" and "pro-Ukrainian", European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said at a press conference in Brussels. He congratulated his neo-Christian-democratic European People's Party on the occasion of victory and expressed that he is confident that he will be appointed as the President of the EC for the second term. "Already tomorrow, we will start working towards the creation of a new power majority, we will build bridges between like-minded people. We will appeal to socialists and liberals, that platform has worked well for the past five years, and it will work well now. The new majority of the European Parliament will be pro-European and pro-Ukrainian," he said.
"As for my appointment for the second term, I am fully convinced of it, although there is a lot of work ahead," von der Leyen continued. In his assessment, the elections "confirmed the trust of European citizens in the centrist parties." The socialist candidate for the head of the European Commission, Nicolas Schmitt (Luxembourg), said that he is ready to enter into a coalition with any political force "that does not destroy Europe."
