UPDATE 2-Von der Leyen pledges social, climate reforms ahead of knife-edge EU vote <!-- no image --> <div>* Conservative candidate needs backing of socialist, liberals<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?a=vSIJogw3Mjo:0Aea6KAVi_I:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></a> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?a=vSIJogw3Mjo:0Aea6KAVi_I:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?i=vSIJogw3Mjo:0Aea6KAVi_I:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></a> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?a=vSIJogw3Mjo:0Aea6KAVi_I:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?i=vSIJogw3Mjo:0Aea6KAVi_I:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/reuters/UKBankingFinancial/~4/vSIJogw3Mjo" height="1" width="1" alt=""></div> Posted by Reuters