Defense proposal shakes EU: from the Leyen under criticism!

Defense proposal shakes EU: from the Leyen under criticism!

Brüssel, Belgien - On July 10, 2025, Ursula von der Leyen, the President of the European Commission, is based on the pressure of a motion for no confidence that comes to vote in the European Parliament. This decision comes after continuing criticism of the lack of transparency in the procurement of corona vaccines during pandemic. The initiator of the application is the Romanian MP Ghorghe Piperea from the right -wing conservative faction EKR, which accusations that the Commission had made non -transparent decisions.

The suspicion was supported by 77 MPs, mainly from the EKR, but also by members of the AfD and BSW, and has therefore been set on the agenda. Although several factions are critical of the commission's practices, a positive coordination is assessed as unlikely, since the consent of the two -thirds majority is necessary to accept the application. The European People's Party (EPP), led by Manfred Weber, is closed behind by the Leyen and plans to vote against the application.

background of the suspicion of no confidence

GHEORGHE Piperea justifies this initiative with the urgency to stop the trend towards the trend of power within the EU. A central point of the application are the SMS messages between Von der Leyen and the CEO of Pfizer during the negotiations on vaccine procurement. This communication remains unclear to this day, since the EU court found in May that the reasons for the Commission for the failure to not open this news are inadequate. This raises questions about the transparency of the decisions.

secret SMS and political context

The situation led to a split among the critics of von der Leyen: While some MPs accuse their authoritarian leadership style and lack of transparency, others see the motion of no confidence than a purely political maneuver. However, the vast majority of parliamentarians are ready to reject the application, which supports trust in the current management structure of the EU.

Terry Reintke from the Greens recently asked the EVP to reflect on the democratic center, while dissatisfaction in the middle-left spectrum is growing through the collaboration with the right block. The invoices within the parliament are particularly high due to the upcoming coordination, since no prior motion for no confidence in the history of the EU Parliament each received a majority. The last failed application is now more than ten years ago.

The vote on the proportion of no confidence against Ursula von der Leyen will play a crucial role for the future commission and the political landscape of the EU. How the criticism of your work is mastered will shape the direction of the Union sustainably.

Vol.at reports that the application is considered the most severe instrument against the Commission and that the project is extensively analyzed. orf.at indicates the low-valued success of the application and daily show.de adds that there was a debate in parliament in the run -up to the vote that makes the current conflicts between the factions clear.