It was a yes/no The relevant parts of Article 17 TEU (link below) are: > the European Council, acting by a qualified majority, shall propose to the European P

It was a yes/no The relevant parts of Article 17 TEU (link below) are: > the European Council, acting by a qualified majority, shall propose to the European Parliament a candidate for President of the Commission > This candidate shall be elected by the European Parliament by a majority of its component members > If he does not obtain the required majority, the European Council, [...], shall within one month propose a new candidate who shall be elected by the European Parliament following the same procedure There was only one name on the "list" because there was no list, the question was to approve or to send back for a different name (got relatively close actually if 10 more MEPs had abstained/voted against/not showed up she wouldn't have been elected) https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX%3A12016M017 https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX%3A...