US EditionVon Der Leyen to Face No-Confidence Vote on July 10
- Ursula von der Leyen in Strasbourg leads her College of Commissioners to support her before the upcoming no-confidence vote.
- Triggered by transparency concerns echoing those that forced Jacques Santer’s 1999 Commission resignation amid fraud allegations, Trump adviser Stephen Miran says he’s heard “good things” about Washington’s EU negotiations.
- Under Parliament’s rules, a two-thirds majority is needed to pass the motion of censure, with at least 72 signatures required and a 48-hour delay after debate begins.
- The far-right challenge is virtually certain to fail, with the final vote scheduled for Thursday, as support for the motion remains below the two-thirds threshold.
- Beyond the vote, the European People’s Party faces a choice between supporting pro-European allies or partnering with ECR and Patriots, as centrist Valerie Hayer warns of party divisions.
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The motion of censorship was triggered following the exchange of messages between Ursula von der Leyen and the drug administrator Pfizer during the negotiations of the vaccines against SARS-CoV-2 in 2021.
The president of the EU Commission: "Some members have concerns and all this is more than fair. We are ready to discuss" (ANSA)
The Manila Times
The Frontier PostConfidence vote spells scrutiny, if little danger, for EU chief
BRUSSELS — EU chief Ursula von der Leyen faces a grilling from lawmakers Monday ahead of a confidence vote she is all but certain to survive -- but which casts renewed scrutiny on her leadership of the bloc.
A barely known eco-law plunges the EU into an institutional crisis. Suddenly, the informal Brussels centre-left coalition shakes. Rarely before, the authority of the Commission leader was so threatened.
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