Von der Leyen on the pitch, 'the ultra-right destroys the EU' - News.co.uk. The President of the Commission announces her re-nomination (ANSA) Ursula von der Leyan will be the People's Party candidate for the presidency of the EU Commission.

The political battle, in fact, will not be so much between the EPP and socialists but primarily between pro-Europeans and anti-EU parties. The rise of the right and the sovereignists is a constant in the latest polls and could upset the balance of community power.