Esinyathelweni esiwujuqu ngaphakathi kwe-European People's Party (EPP), isikhathi sokuthunyelwa kwamagama abantu abaqokelwe esikhundleni sokuba nguMongameli weqembu. I-European Commission ivaliwe namuhla ngo-12 pm CET. UMongameli we-EPP u-Manfred Weber uthole incwadi yokuqokwa eyedwa evela ku-Christlich Demokratische Union (CDU, Germany), eveza Ursula von der Leyen njengekhandidethi eliholayo. Lokhu kuqokwa kuphinde kwaqiniswa ukuvumela okuvela emaqenjini amabili angamalungu e-EPP, i-Platforma Obywatelska (PO, Poland), kanye ne-Nea Demokratia (ND, Greece), okuqinisa ukhetho luka-von der Leyen.
Izinyathelo ezizayo zenqubo yokukhetha, njengoba zivezwe “Kuhlelo Nezikhathi Zokhetho,” zibandakanya ukubuyekezwa kokuqokwa eMhlanganweni Wezombangazwe we-EPP ohlelelwe umhla zi-5 Mashi 2024. Ngemva kokuqinisekiswa, ukhetho luzoqhubeka nevoti elibalulekile I-Party Congress e-Bucharest ngomhla ka-7 Mashi 2024. Njengoba bengekho abanye abazongenela ukhetho, wonke amehlo abheke ukuqhubeka kwangaphakathi kwe-EPP njengoba evula indlela yokukhethwa kwekhandidethi yabo eholayo endimeni ehloniphekile yobumongameli beKhomishini YaseYurophu. Ukuqokwa kuka-Ursula von der Leyen kubeka inkundla isikhashana esibalulekile kwezombusazwe zase-Europe, okuphawula ukuhlangana okubalulekile endleleni ebheke ekunqumeni ubuholi besikhathi esizayo beKhomishini YaseYurophu.
Inqubo yokukhetha abaqokelwe ukuhola iHhovisi likaMongameli Wekhomishini YaseYurophu, eyaziwa nangokuthi inqubo ye-Spitzenkandidaten, ithole ukuvelela okhethweni lwePhalamende LaseYurophu lwango-2014. Le ndlela yokusungula ihlose ukuthuthukisa ukuba semthethweni kwentando yeningi kwe-European Union ngokuxhumanisa imiphumela yokhetho ngokuqondile nokuqokwa kukaMongameli Wekhomishini. Umuntu oqokiwe oholayo weqembu lezepolitiki elivikela izihlalo eziningi ePhalamende laseYurophu ngokwesiko uqokwa esikhundleni sikaMongameli Wekhomishana, ngokuya ngemvume yoMkhandlu WaseYurophu.
Nakuba inqubo ye-Spitzenkandidaten iye yabhekana nezinselele kanye nezinkulumo-mpikiswano mayelana nokuba semthethweni kwayo nokuqaliswa kwayo, iseyindlela ebalulekile yokubandakanya izakhamuzi zaseYurophu ekukhethweni kukaMongameli weKhomishini. Ukuqokwa kuka-Ursula von der Leyen njengekhandidethi eliholayo le-EPP kugcizelela ukubaluleka okuqhubekayo kanye nokuvela kwale nqubo ekubumbeni ubuholi besikhathi esizayo be-European Union. Njengoba i-EPP iqhubeka ngokubuyekezwa kwayo kwangaphakathi kanye nezinqubo zokuvota, umphumela ngeke nje unqume umuntu ozokhethwa yiqembu kodwa futhi uzoba nomthelela endaweni ebanzi yezepolitiki ye-European Commission.
