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European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has informed members of her conservative party in Germany that she is seeking a second term in one of Europe’s most powerful posts, sources told dpa. She became the first women to lead the European Union’s executive when she was elected to the post in 2019, a job which places her in charge of about 32,000 EU employees as well as much of the bloc’s political agenda. At a meeting on Monday in Berlin, Von der Leyen told German colleagues from her Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party that she was looking forward to the joint campaign ahead of el…

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