Ursula von der Leyen, president of the European Commission, He has survived this Thursday to the motion of censure They presented him from the extreme right. He has achieved it thanks to the support of the coalition between his party, the PPE and its social democratic and liberal partners. Together They have added a total of 360 votes.
The motion was motivated by the information about the president, who assured that He hid his text messages with Pfizer’s CEO during the Covid-19 pandemic.
No problems for von der Leyen
In order for the motion to move forward, the ultra -rightists would have needed to have the support of two thirds of the Eurocamara, that is, 361 votes. The forecasts have been fulfilled and Von der Leyen has had no surprise360 votes against the motion, 175 in favor and 18 abstentions.
The votes in favor have mostly arrived by the Patriots group, including four of the six Vox Eurodiputados. Gheorge Pipper, the promoter of this initiative, has seen as part of his group, conservatives and European reformists, unmarked, only 39 of its 78 members has voted in favormost decided not to go to the vote.
Although the result has been positive, experts agree that this can generate doubts about their leadership and transparency. In addition, it has had to make certain concessions for the budgets that will be presented next week and He has received criticism for his group’s approaches to right -wing parties.
