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The German candidate needs the votes of at least 374 of the 747 MEPs in the European Parliament in Strasbourg on Tuesday to scrape through (Photo: European Parliament)

Von der Leyen reaches out to left and liberal MEPs

European Commission presidential candidate Ursula von der Leyen has pledged a "fresh start" on migration and new powers for the European Parliament (EP) in her bid.

She also promised electoral reform and stricter green targets in order to attract socialist and liberal votes.

That was "a snapshot of the ideas that I hope we will bring to life together" she wrote in a letter to the...

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Andrew Rettman is EUobserver's Foreign Affairs Editor. He has been writing about foreign and security affairs for EUobserver since 2005. He is Polish but grew up in the UK. He has also written for The Guardian, The Telegraph, and The Times of London.

The German candidate needs the votes of at least 374 of the 747 MEPs in the European Parliament in Strasbourg on Tuesday to scrape through (Photo: European Parliament)

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Andrew Rettman is EUobserver's Foreign Affairs Editor. He has been writing about foreign and security affairs for EUobserver since 2005. He is Polish but grew up in the UK. He has also written for The Guardian, The Telegraph, and The Times of London.

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