The separate initiatives come from far-right and far-left parliamentary teams
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen is about to face two separate no-confidence votes on the EU Parliament in early October, Politico reported on Tuesday, citing an inner e-mail from the legislature’s president, Roberta Metsola.
The motions of censure are scheduled to be debated in the course of the plenary session from October 6 to 9. The motions submitted towards von der Leyen, a divisive determine in Brussels, come from each proper and left – the Patriots for Europe and The Left parliamentary teams.
The Patriots for Europe have accused her of missing transparency and accountability, significantly in relation to the EU’s commerce agreements with the United States and the South American commerce bloc Mercosur. “The EU is weaker in the present day than ever as a result of persistent failure of the president of the Commission to deal with probably the most urgent challenges,” the group said in its movement, as quoted by Politico.
The Left has additionally criticized von der Leyen’s commerce insurance policies however positioned better emphasis on the EU’s dealing with of the battle between Israel and Hamas in Gaza. The group argued that the Commission has proven inaction and failed to carry Israel accountable.
Both motions had been filed at midnight on September 10, which was the earliest alternative following a earlier no-confidence vote in July. Von der Leyen survived that vote, which was initiated by Romanian right-wing MEP Gheorghe Piperea and centered on the so-called Pfizergate scandal. The controversy stemmed from the disappearance of textual content messages between von der Leyen and Pfizer’s CEO throughout negotiations for a serious Covid-19 vaccine procurement.
Von der Leyen, a former physician and German protection minister, was accused of an absence of transparency in negotiating the multi-billion-euro deal. She dismissed the allegations towards her as “merely a lie” and branded her critics “conspiracy theorists.”
The initiative in the end failed, supported solely by 175 MEPs with 360 voting towards it. To go, two-thirds of the 720 MEPs should vote in favor. No-confidence motions was fairly uncommon on the EU Parliament. Prior to the July vote, such a movement was final tabled towards Jean-Claude Juncker in 2014.
(RT.com)
