If the vote of no confidence is passed, not only von der Leyen will resign, but the entire European Commission.
The European Parliament is considering a vote of no confidence against European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen over the Pfizer email scandal and allegations of political abuse.
FOCUS online writes about this.
In her speech to parliament, she warned of threats to European democracy and described the current situation as “a fight between democracy and illiberalism.”
The motion of no confidence was initiated by Romanian Eurosceptic MEP Gheorghe Piperea, who based his appeal on the scandal surrounding von der Leyen's exchange of messages with the CEO of pharmaceutical company Pfizer during the coronavirus pandemic, as well as alleged EU interference in the presidential elections in Romania.
In his speech, Piperea warned of possible abuse of power and assured that “no citizen of Eastern Europe wants to repeat the times of the Soviet Union.”
However, the vote of no confidence is not expected to receive the necessary support in parliament, as it requires a two-thirds majority. The largest factions in the European Parliament – Ursula von der Leyen's European People's Party (EPP) and the Social Democrats – have already announced their intention to vote against.
If the vote of no confidence is unexpectedly passed, it will mean the resignation of not only von der Leyen, but also the entire European Commission.
Let us recall that we previously wrote that the European Parliament supported Ukraine at a plenary session in Strasbourg.
