THE European Parliament on Thursday voted down a no-confidence motion against EU chief Ursula von der Leyen, initiated by the far right over her handling of Covid vaccine contracts. Among those voting against the commission was also a Luxembourg MEP.
The president of the European Commission comfortably survived the vote by a wide margin, with 360 MEPs rejecting it and 175 backing the move. 18 MEPs abstained.
Amongst those voting to oust von der Leyen were Luxembourg’s Fernand Kartheiser alongside 39 MEPs from the European Conservatives and Reformists (ECR), 75 from the Patriots for Europe (PfE), 24 from the European Sovereignists (ESN), 22-non attached members, and 13 from the European Left.
In a moment of global volatility and unpredictability, the EU needs strength, vision, and the capacity to act,” von der Leyen, who wasn’t at the parliament for the vote, wrote on X afterwards.
AFP
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