European Parliament rejects movement of no confidence towards Ursula von der Leyen | EUROtoday

The European Parliament largely rejected on Thursday January 22 a movement of censure concentrating on Ursula von der Leyen, on the initiative of the far-right group Patriots for Europe, towards a backdrop of criticism concentrating on the commerce settlement with the Mercosur nations.

This movement of censure towards the President of the European Commission acquired 390 votes towards, 165 for and ten abstentions. To be adopted, it needed to get hold of a two-thirds majority of the votes solid, representing nearly all of the 720 MEPs. This is the fourth movement of censure from which Mrs von der Leyen, who comes from the precise, has escaped.

This time, she had the assist of MEPs from the French proper. In October, they have been the one elected officers from the European proper (the EPP group) to assist an try at censorship, already tabled by the Patriots for Europe group chaired by Jordan Bardella. “The real censorship of Mercosur was voted yesterday thanks to the referral” of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU), MEP François-Xavier Bellamy (PPE) advised Agence France-Presse (AFP).

“Our fight is won”

This attraction, on the initiative of 150 MEPs from all sides hostile to the commerce settlement, was narrowly supported on Wednesday, by 334 votes to 324, to the nice aid of farmers who had gathered of their 1000’s in entrance of the European Parliament towards the settlement with Mercosur. “Now our fight is won”affirmed Mr. Bellamy, believing that this made “de facto obsolete” the movement of censure put to the vote on Thursday.

The referral to the Court of Justice of the EU constitutes a setback for Mrs von der Leyen, who had praised this treaty which removes customs duties on greater than 90% of bilateral commerce. The CJEU will now need to confirm whether or not the settlement, signed on Saturday in Paraguay after greater than 25 years of negotiations, complies with European treaties or whether or not it should be revoked.

Before the choice of the European justice, the Commission has the precise to use the treaty provisionally. But it isn’t determined at this stage, underlines Brussels, which had expressed its “deep disappointment” after the vote.