US EditionEU commission chief von der Leyen faces a no-confidence vote this week
- Ursula von der Leyen, president of the European Commission, will be subject to a no-confidence vote this week in Strasbourg amid controversy over secret text exchanges during the pandemic.
- The vote follows a censure motion tabled by hard-right MEP Gheorghe Piperea, who criticized von der Leyen's 'opaque' decision-making and alleged interference.
- Von der Leyen defended her presidency and pandemic management against the motion, highlighting threats from extremist parties supported by foreign adversaries.
- The Parliament stated that for the motion to pass and compel von der Leyen's resignation, it must receive support from a minimum of two-thirds of the votes cast and be endorsed by more than half of all MEPs.
- If the motion succeeds, the entire 27-member European Commission would resign, a historic event, though von der Leyen is widely expected to retain support.
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The motion will be put to the vote on Thursday in the European Parliament. It has no chance of being adopted, but the debate held on Monday evening in plenary in Strasbourg has exposed the tensions that are agitating the pro-European parliamentary majority. ...
The President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, criticized ‘extremisms’ in her speech in the European Parliament in which she defended herself from the first motion of censure she had had to face since she took office. The motion had been promoted by the Romanian MEP of the radical right-wing group ECR Gheorghe Piperea, who obtained the signatures necessary to process it, although it is considered that she has no chance of succee…
Distrust: The European Commission is under fire, with President Ursula von der Leyen in the lead role. In the European Parliament, she defended herself against a…
A witch hunt, a rough attempt to sow weeds among our institutions, carried out by movements powered by conspiracies and conspiracy, which make Putin's apology. Ursula von der Leyen thus defines the motion of distrust presented to him by 77 MEPs (in majority of the Ecr group, the one of which is part of Fratelli d'Italia) who will be voted on Thursday in the European Parliament. The initiative is based on the so-called "Pfizergate" (Pfizergate), …
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