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European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen comfortably survived 2 bids to region her erstwhile the European Parliament rejected no-confidence motions from hard-right and near groups connected Thursday (October 9, 2025).
E.U. lawmakers rejected the 2 motions of censure with 378 members of the 720-strong Parliament expressing enactment for Ms. von der Leyen and her squad of commissioners successful the archetypal ballot and 383 successful the second.
The results were somewhat amended for the E.U. enforcement main than successful July, erstwhile 360 lawmakers voted against a question brought by chiefly far-right lawmakers, though the fig is little than the 401 votes Ms. von der Leyen received successful July 2024, erstwhile re-elected arsenic Commission president.
Although the motions of censure had astir nary accidental of reaching the two-thirds bulk required to unseat her, immoderate lawmakers said they could exposure much wide disquiet implicit her enactment and destabilise the E.U. assembly, whose backing is required to walk legislation.
