Von der Leyen wounded: Five ways EU confidence vote shook her

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Von der Leyen wounded: Five ways EU confidence vote shook her  The European Commission survived the motion of censure voted on Thursday in the European Parliament, but the Parliament will be no bed of roses for Ursula von der Leyen and her team in the aftermath of the vote.  READ MORE : http://www.euronews.com/2025/07/11/von-der-leyen-wounded-5-ways-eu-confidence-vote-shook-her  Subscribe to our channel. Euronews is available on Dailymotion in 12 languages

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00:00Can I ask you to take your seat?

00:01Unsurprisingly, the European Parliament has rejected the motion of censure against the European Commission.

00:07The party is in the centre of the political spectrum, united on Thursday in favour of Ursula von der Leyen

00:13in the face of the radical right and the far right.

00:17The MEP who tabled the motion of censure was nonetheless pleased with the result.

00:22360 votes in favour of von der Leyen, 175 votes against her.

00:27This is less than the votes she got last summer in order to get the second mandate.

00:35But the European People's Party, EPP, Ursula von der Leyen's political family,

00:40also responded with figures and stressed that the Eurosceptic opposition was in decline.

00:46The initiators of the motion of censure failed.

00:50They had even less votes. They had 100 less votes than last year.

00:55However, these differences can be explained by the decision of more than 160 MEPs not to take part in the vote.

01:02The debates that preceded it at the beginning of the week exposed the discontent of the pro-European coalition

01:09that supports the president of the Commission.

01:11What we have seen also this week is that even among the so-called von der Leyen coalition,

01:16there is quite some criticism, there is discontent.

01:21And I would say that the progressive side, Social Democrats, Liberals and us Greens,

01:25we feel the frustration that the Conservatives, that the EPP time and again goes into alliance,

01:33votes together with the extreme right whenever it suits them

01:36and then wants us to balance out the damage that they create.

01:41And this, I think, we showed very clearly this week that we're not going to stand for that any longer.

01:47Although Osela von der Leyen won this round,

01:50the president of the European Commission did not emerge stronger.

01:54She will have to heal the wounds open up in the week, leading up to the motion of censure.

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