Ursula von der Leyen has been re-elected as president of the European Commission in a make-or-break vote on Thursday that represented the single greatest test of her political legacy, forged across a succession of crises that have rattled the bloc’s foundations, writes Euronews.

Following a grilling in the European Parliament, the incumbent received 401 votes in favour and 284 against, a large majority to support her second 5-year term.

The comfortable result is a decisive backing of her stewardship and marks a significant turnaround from the last time she faced the hemicycle: back in 2019, she made it through with a record-breaking, razor-thin margin of just nine votes.

“The last five years have shown what we can do together. Let us do it again. Let us make the choice of strength. Let us make the choice of leadership”, - she said.

The resolution caps intense days of closed-door negotiations that saw the 65-year-old German politician frantically meet with the Parliament’s main groups – in some cases, several times – to secure as many endorsements as possible.