Ursula von der Leyen (European People's Party) has been President of the European Commission since 1 Dec 2019. The European Union's real GDP rose 1.2% a year under Ursula von der Leyen, in office since December 2019. Under Jean-Claude Juncker (2014 to 2019) the same series rose 2.2% a year. The government debt is 82.9% of GDP (Q2 2026), 4.0 percentage points above its level at day zero. Since 1991 the office has changed hands 6 times; Ursula von der Leyen has held it since December 2019.
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