Mukuyenda motsimikiza mkati mwa European People's Party (EPP), nthawi yoperekera anthu omwe asankhidwa kukhala Purezidenti wa European Union. Commission European yatsekedwa lero 12pm CET. Purezidenti wa EPP a Manfred Weber adalandira kalata imodzi yokha yosankhidwa kuchokera kwa a Christlich Demokratische Union (CDU, Germany). Ursula von der Leyen monga phungu wotsogolera. Kusankhidwa kumeneku kudalimbikitsidwanso ndi kuvomereza kwa zipani ziwiri za mamembala a EPP, Platforma Obywatelska (PO, Poland), ndi Nea Demokratia (ND, Greece), kulimbitsa udindo wa von der Leyen.
Zomwe zikubwera pakusankhira, monga zafotokozedwera mu "Njira ndi Nthawi ya Oyimirira," zikuphatikiza kuwunikiranso kusankhidwa kwa EPP Political Assembly yomwe idakonzedwa pa Marichi 5, 2024. Pambuyo pa kutsimikizika, woyimira adzapitiliza kuvota kofunikira pa Congress Congress ku Bucharest pa 7 Marichi 2024. Popanda ofuna kulowa m'malo, maso onse ali pazochitika za mkati mwa EPP pamene akutsegulira njira yosankhidwa kuti awatsogolere pa udindo wapamwamba wa Utsogoleri wa European Commission. Kusankhidwa kwa Ursula von der Leyen kumapangitsa kuti pakhale nthawi yofunikira pazandale za ku Europe, zomwe zikuwonetsa gawo lofunikira kwambiri pakusankha utsogoleri wamtsogolo wa European Commission.
Njira yosankha otsogolera ku European Commission Presidency, yomwe imadziwikanso kuti Spitzenkandidaten process, idadziwika bwino pachisankho cha 2014 European Parliament. Njira yatsopanoyi inali ndi cholinga chokweza kuvomerezeka kwa demokalase ku European Union polumikiza zotsatira za zisankho mwachindunji ndi kusankhidwa kwa Purezidenti wa Commission. Mtsogoleri wa gulu la ndale lomwe limakhala ndi mipando yambiri mu Nyumba Yamalamulo ku Ulaya nthawi zambiri amasankhidwa kukhala Purezidenti wa Commission, malinga ndi kuvomerezedwa ndi European Council.
Ngakhale kuti ndondomeko ya Spitzenkandidaten yakumana ndi zovuta komanso kutsutsana pa kuvomerezeka kwake ndi kukhazikitsidwa kwake, idakali njira yofunikira yogwirizanitsa nzika za ku Ulaya posankha Purezidenti wa Commission. Kusankhidwa kwa Ursula von der Leyen kukhala phungu wotsogolera EPP kumatsimikizira kupitiriza kufunikira ndi kusintha kwa ndondomekoyi pakupanga utsogoleri wamtsogolo wa European Union. Pamene bungwe la EPP likupita patsogolo kudzera mu kuunikanso kwa mkati ndi ndondomeko zovota, zotsatira zake sizidzangotsimikizira woimira chipanicho komanso zidzakhudza kwambiri ndale za European Commission.
