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EU commission chief von der Leyen faces a no-confidence vote this week
- Ursula von der Leyen, president of the European Commission, is set to undergo a censure motion vote this week in Strasbourg amid increasing dissatisfaction.
- The vote follows a motion of censure tabled by hard-right MEP Gheorghe Piperea citing secret 2021 text messages with Pfizer's boss and alleged mismanagement.
- Von der Leyen defended her pandemic management and vowed to “never let extremists rewrite history” while accused of allying with far-right populists on contested measures.
- At least two-thirds of MEPs' votes are needed to pass the motion, which remains unlikely as von der Leyen's EPP and other groups oppose it amid fractured centrist coalitions.
- A successful censure would trigger the unprecedented resignation of the 27-member European Commission, reflecting tensions over leadership style and Europe's political divisions.
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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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