European Commission President von der Leyen will face a vote of no confidence in the European Parliament next Thursday, according to Politico, citing six officials. Von der Leyen will participate in the parliamentary debate on his leadership abilities to be held in Strasbourg next Monday. This is the first time in more than 10 years that the chairman of the Commission has faced such a move. At this stage, the vote is mostly symbolic, and most political groups have indicated that they will vote against the no-confidence motion. But it highlights European anger against her day by day after a series of controversial actions and scandals. If the no-confidence motion is passed, it will lead to the resignation of the entire European Commission and trigger a complicated process of appointing 27 new EU commissioners. Romania's right-wing legislator Gheorghe Piperea collected enough signatures last week to express outrage over secret SMS between von der Leyen and the CEO of pharmaceutical giant Pfizer in 2021, then filed a motion of condemnation. These texts relate to discussions about shipping vaccines to Europe at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic.

European Commission President von der Leyen will face a vote of no confidence in the European Parliament next Thursday, according to Politico, citing six officials. Von der Leyen will participate in the parliamentary debate on his leadership abilities to be held in Strasbourg next Monday. This is the first time in more than 10 years that the chairman of the Commission has faced such a move. At this stage, the vote is mostly symbolic, and most political groups have indicated that they will vote against the no-confidence motion. But it highlights European anger against her day by day after a series of controversial actions and scandals. If the no-confidence motion is passed, it will lead to the resignation of the entire European Commission and trigger a complicated process of appointing 27 new EU commissioners. Romania's right-wing legislator Gheorghe Piperea collected enough signatures last week to express outrage over secret SMS between von der Leyen and the CEO of pharmaceutical giant Pfizer in 2021, then filed a motion of condemnation. These texts relate to discussions about shipping vaccines to Europe at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic.