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The European Parliament on Tuesday elected Ursula von der Leyen as president of the European Commission — the first woman to hold the EU's top executive job. Ms Von der Leyen won 383 votes in a secret ballot, only a little above the absolute majority of 374 she required to be elected. She had the declared backing of the three mainstream, pro-EU groups — the center-right European People's Party, the Progressive Alliance of Socialists & Democrats, and the centrist-liberal Renew Europe group.

The leader of the Brexit Party Nigel Farage was speaking live on his LBC show when the results of the vote came in. When he heard the news that the German Defence Minister had been elected, he embarked on a ferocious tirade against what he saw as a “fanatical” leader: “She’s won it by nine votes… unbelievable. “She’s won it, but hey, she doesn’t have much legitimacy. “But never mind - she’s got one of the best paid, most powerful jobs in the world for the next five years. JUST IN: Brexit conspiracy: Farage reveals how Boris sabotaged in Strasbourg

Nigel Farage branded Ursula von der Leyen 'fanatical'

“She is a fanatical , fanatical EU centralist. “She’s devoted to a European army. “She absolutely wants the EU to expand, she wants foreign policy to take place without any nation state having a veto. “She isn’t going to give an inch on the backstop - she’s made that clear already.

Nigel Farage was furious that Ursula von der Leyen was elected by nine votes

Nigel warned that Europe was becoming more centralised

“But she is prepared to extend UK membership. “I did say this morning in my speech that I thought what she was offering Europe was an updated form of communism. “And I have to say, I did get quite a few boos and jeers for saying it. “But that is what I genuinely believe. “So that is the course of Europe for the next five years - it is more centralisation, it is more power to the European commission. "There is no reform, there is no democratisation. This parliament has ben walked all over in this process over the last few weeks.” DON'T MISS

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