US EditionFar right and far left in EU Parliament to file separate von der Leyen no-confidence motions at midnight
- Right and left-wing Members of the European Parliament plan to submit separate no-confidence motions against European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen at midnight, with confidence in gathering signatures reported by both groups.
- The Patriots group asserted they have the required signatures for their motion and stressed it would be a priority, while the Left group confirmed they would also file their motion.
- A previous no-confidence motion against von der Leyen was submitted on July 10 but failed to pass due to insufficient support, which allowed her to remain in power.
- A survey indicated that 60% of Europeans believe von der Leyen should resign, highlighting a significant lack of confidence in her leadership after the announcement of certain trade deals.
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Ursula von der Leyen threatens new trouble: The Left Group in the European Parliament wants to overthrow the President of the European Commission. The extreme right is also planning a motion of censure.
The Patriots and the Left parliamentary groups in the European Parliament will submit two separate requests tonight at midnight to hold another vote of no confidence in European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, which would mean that a vote on the survival of the Commission could take place in October at the earliest.
The president of the European Commission, Ursula Von der Leyen, will have to face two new motions of censure. One will be presented after midnight by the extreme right-wing group Patriots, in which Vox joins; the other will be in charge of The Left and will also arrive in the early hours of Thursday. Both groups have already collected the necessary signatures from MEPs, 72, to question once again the European Parliament's confidence in the EU ex…
The European political groups in which Vox, on the one hand, and Podemos and Sumar on the other, threaten Commission President Ursula Von der Leyen with a...
Wednesday's day began with Ursula von der Leyen's speech in Strasbourg, which led to a motion of no confidence against her. The motion was submitted by the Patriots Group in the European Parliament against the President of the European Commission.
Two months after its failure, the far-right re-submits a motion of censure against Ursula Von der Leyen for Mercosur's trade agreements and with the United States, while the Left Group is presenting its own procedure for withdrawing confidence to President Von der Leyen overcomes the motion of censure of the ultra-right with a touch of attention from its partners in the EU Last July the president of the European Commission, Ursula Von der Leyen,…
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