https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_of_the_European_Commission#Spitzenkandidat https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_of_the_European_Comm... > The Spitze

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_of_the_European_Commission#Spitzenkandidat https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_of_the_European_Comm... > The Spitzenkandidat of the largest party would then have a mandate to assume the Commission Presidency While this is not de jure, German-speaking media did report on the 2019 election as if the above were consensus. It is my understanding that this was not the case in all EU countries.