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16th July 2019
08:45pm BST

"The trust you placed in me is confidence you placed in Europe," she told the parliament after today's win. "Your confidence in a united and strong Europe, from east to west, from south to north. "It is a big responsibility and my work starts now. "Let us work together constructively."Von der Leyen is a member of Germany's Christian Democratic Union party and the only minister to serve continuously in Chancellor Angela Merkel's cabinet since she took power in 2005. A gynaecologist by profession, she has been a politician since 1999. She speaks English, French and German and has seven children. Today, she committed to championing women's rights and to pushing for the EU to play a bigger role in social welfare.
"I know as a mother of seven that it makes a difference for their entire life if children have access to education, sports, music, healthy food and to a loving environment."
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