"The head of the European Union's executive branch faced two more challenges to her position in the European Parliament on Thursday. Neither had a realistic chance of securing the two-thirds majority required to eject European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, but still they served as the latest reminder of the increasingly fractured European Parliament and its growing populist factions on either political flank."
"Von der Leyen received support from just over half the members of the 720-seat European Parliament in both of Thursday's votes, with 378 members expressing support in the first vote and 383 in the second. "I deeply appreciate the strong support received today," von der Leyen wrote online after the votes. "The Commission will keep working closely with the European Parliament to tackle Europe's challenges. And together deliver results for all European citizens."
Ursula von der Leyen faced two censure challenges in the European Parliament but neither could secure the two-thirds majority needed to remove her. She received 378 and 383 votes of support in the two ballots, just over half of the 720-seat chamber. The hard-right Patriots for Europe backed 179 lawmakers' censure motion, while 133 supported a challenge from The Left. Even a theoretical far-right/far-left vote combination would have fallen short of the two-thirds threshold. The narrow majorities underline growing difficulty for the European Commission to command parliamentary support required to pass proposed legislation.
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