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EU's von der Leyen faces no-confidence vote in parliament
- On July 7 and July 10, the European Parliament will debate and vote on a no-confidence motion against Ursula von der Leyen and her Commission in Strasbourg.
- Romanian MEP Gheorghe Piperea initiated a motion of censure accusing von der Leyen of failing to disclose communications she had with Pfizer's CEO Albert Bourla regarding COVID-19 vaccine negotiations.
- The motion requires two-thirds of votes cast and a majority of all MEPs to pass, but it currently has limited support mainly from far-right and non-attached MEPs and is unlikely to succeed.
- If the motion passes, the entire Commission including von der Leyen and all 26 Commissioners must resign, though many current Commissioners were not in office during the pandemic.
- This vote mainly signals growing frustration in Brussels but does not indicate an impending change in leadership, as the majority still supports von der Leyen.
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A group of right-wingers wants to undermine the European Commission, but dissatisfaction with its leadership is also broader.
EU aims for US trade deal ‘in principle’ ahead of ‘impossible’ July 9 deadline
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on Thursday said the European Union is ready to strike a trade deal with the US, but warned that the complexity of any agreement made the July 9 deadline “impossible.”Von der Leyen pointed to the EU’s recent deal with the UK — which secured tariff cuts for sectors like car manufacturing — as a possible model. But the sheer scale of transatlantic trade meant that any agreement prior to US Preside…
Any EU trade deal with US would be limited in scope initially to avoid July 9th tariffs, von der Leyen says
European Commission president says it would be `impossible’ for any agreement next week to have trashed out the ‘very complex’ detail required for a full trade deal
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elperiodicodelaenergia.comThe president of the EU executive stressed that the EU is "ready for an agreement" and reiterated that its preference is a "negotiated solution" while the talks between Brussels and Washington continue, which has the deadline of 9 July, when the tariff truce agreed between the two partners ends.
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