国际英语资讯:Spotlight: New European Commission approved by EU lawmakers
<p><span word="STRASBOURG">STRASBOURG</span>, <span word="Nov">Nov</span>. 27-- <span word="A">A</span> <span word="new">new</span> <span word="European">European</span> <span word="Commission">Commission</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="Germany">Germany</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="Ursula">Ursula</span> <span word="von">von</span> <span word="der">der</span> <span word="Leyen">Leyen</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="its">its</span> <span word="first">first</span> <span word="female">female</span> <span word="president">president</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="approved">approved</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="European">European</span> <span word="Parliament">Parliament</span> <span word="here">here</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="Wednesday">Wednesday</span>.</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="vote">vote</span> -- 461 <span word="in">in</span> <span word="favor">favor</span>, 157 <span word="against">against</span> <span word="and">and</span> 89 <span word="abstentions">abstentions</span> -- <span word="was">was</span> <span word="unsurprising">unsurprising</span>, <span word="since">since</span> <span word="she">she</span> <span word="had">had</span> <span word="already">already</span> <span word="cleared">cleared</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="hurdles">hurdles</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="European">European</span> <span word="Union">Union</span> (<span word="EU">EU</span>) <span word="lawmakers">lawmakers</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="recent">recent</span> <span word="days">days</span>.</p><p><span word="Since">Since</span> <span word="being">being</span> <span word="named">named</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="post">post</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="president">president</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="leaders">leaders</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> 28 <span word="EU">EU</span> <span word="member">member</span> <span word="states">states</span>, <span word="von">von</span> <span word="der">der</span> <span word="Leyen">Leyen</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="start">start</span> <span word="had">had</span> <span word="been">been</span> <span word="shaky">shaky</span>. <span word="She">She</span> <span word="struggled">struggled</span> <span word="through">through</span> <span word="her">her</span> <span word="first">first</span> <span word="vote">vote</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="European">European</span> <span word="Parliament">Parliament</span>, <span word="winning">winning</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="only">only</span> <span word="nine">nine</span> <span word="votes">votes</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="her">her</span> <span word="own">own</span> <span word="confirmation">confirmation</span>, <span word="after">after</span> <span word="which">which</span> <span word="several">several</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="her">her</span> <span word="nominations">nominations</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="new">new</span> <span word="European">European</span> <span word="commissioners">commissioners</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="defeated">defeated</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="lawmakers">lawmakers</span>, <span word="leading">leading</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="weeks">weeks</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="delay">delay</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="taking">taking</span> <span word="office">office</span>.</p>
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