Von der Leyen's EU Commission to face no-confidence vote in EU Parliament
Parliament President Roberta Metsola informed the parliamentary group leaders of the development on Wednesday evening, DPA learned.
The motion of censure was brought forward by Romanian right-wing EU lawmaker Gheorghe Piperea.
The initiative accuses the commission of a lack of transparency and mismanagement, particularly with regard to the handling of the COVIDd-19 pandemic.
The motion needed the backing of one-tenth of EU lawmakers, or at least 72 signatories, in order to be debated and voted on during next week's plenary session in Strasbourg, France.
If passed, the commission would have to resign as a whole with its president and 26 EU commissioners. (DPA)
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