
Von der Leyen No-Confidence Vote to Be Held Next Week
It is unlikely that the liberal and left-wing parties will side with the conservatives to topple the European Commission.

It is unlikely that the liberal and left-wing parties will side with the conservatives to topple the European Commission.

It will be impossible to bring down von der Leyen without leftist support, but the goal is to raise awareness about the “pattern of institutional overreach, democratic disregard, and erosion of public trust” in EU governance.

Leftist MEPs demanded that Hungary be stripped of its voting rights and urged the von der Leyen commission to personally attend this month’s illegal Pride March in Budapest.

The conservatives want “to create the false impression that the rule of law in Romania is in danger,” an EPP vice chair said after his country banned the nationalist frontrunner from the presidential race.