The Von Der Leyen Commission Takes Office

3/12/2019

On December 3, 2019, Jean-Claude Juncker, former President of the European Commission, and Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission, participated in the handover ceremony at the Berlaymont building in Brussels, Belgium. The new Commission held its first meeting the following day. The unveiling ceremony of Jean-Claude Juncker’s portrait in the Gallery of Presidents at the Berlaymont building marks the transfer of power between the outgoing Juncker Commission and the beginning of the new von der Leyen Commission.

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