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BERLIN (Reuters) – The European Union’s main centre-right alliance will nominate Ursula von der Leyen for a second term as European Commission president at a congress in March if she wants to continue in the post, a senior EU lawmaker told Reuters. Von der Leyen, a German Christian Democrat, has not yet said publicly whether she wants a second stint at the helm of the EU executive after her current term expires later this year. Daniel Caspary, who leads the German Christian Democrat group in the European Parliament, made clear he expected the European People’s Party (EPP) family of centre-righ…

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