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MEPs try to topple Ursula von der Leyen (again) — live updates

by 06/10/2025
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Ursula von der Leyen is back in the European Parliament to defend herself against no-confidence motions brought by opposition lawmakers.

Just three months after she survived a Parliament vote on her leadership of the European Commission, von der Leyen faces two more confidence motions, both of which will be debated Monday evening.

The far-right Patriots for Europe group will take von der Leyen to task over her trade policy, namely the EU’s Mercosur trade deal and the EU-U.S. trade deal. Then the Left group will criticize von der Leyen’s trade policy and accuse her of “complicity in genocide” in Gaza.

The votes on von der Leyen’s future will take place on Thursday.

Scroll down for all the latest news and analysis from the debates in Strasbourg.

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