European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen faced bids to remove her for the second time in three months when hard-right and left groups in
the European Parliament presented no-confidence motions on Monday.
Although the motions of censure have almost no chance of reaching the two-thirds majority required to unseat von der Leyen in votes on Thursday, they could expose more general disquiet over her leadership and destabilise the EU assembly, whose backing is required to pass legislation.
EU’s von der Leyen confronts new no-confidence challenges
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