Von Der Leyen No-Confidence Debate Takes Place in Near-Empty Chamber
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According to the chairman of the Fidesz-KDNP delegation, the Mercosur agreement is another attack on European agriculture, and the European Commission has spoken of new opportunities.
According to the Patriots, von der Leyen's decisions have plunged European agriculture into crisis, so they have submitted a motion of no confidence.
The opposition in the European Parliament is trying to overthrow Ursula von der Leyen for the fourth time. The three previous attempts were failures, as not only did the initiators not get the two-thirds majority, but on the contrary, the president's supporters made up two-thirds of the members of parliament. Now, the Patriots for Europe group, a member of the Fidesz party family, has submitted a motion of no confidence.
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen was absent from Strasbourg for a debate in the European Parliament on a motion of no confidence against her. European Commissioner Maroš Šefčovič (Trade) spoke in her place on behalf of the Commission in Parliament on Monday evening.
The European Parliament will meet for its first session of the year in Strasbourg. At the start of the session this afternoon, MEPs will debate a new motion of no confidence in the European Commission, filed by the far-right over the conclusion of a trade agreement between the EU and the South American trading bloc Mercosur.
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