The MEP proposing the motion of censure claims he has collected enough signatures to start the process. If officially confirmed, the debate and vote will be held during the July plenary session in Strasbourg.
If Flinten-Uschi isn’t far right enough for you, you’re just a lost cause.
Is it just me, or are motions of censure getting really popular in Europe lately?
Romanian MEP Gheorghe Piperea, from the ultra-conservative party AUR, claims he has collected 73 signatures for his motion—one more than one-in-ten minimum threshold of MEPs (72) required to initiate the process.
According to Piperea’s office, 32 members of his political group, the European Conservatives and Reformists (ECR), have backed the request. The remaining signatures came from the far-right groups Patriots for Europe (6), Europe of Sovereign Nations (26), and from non-attached MEPs.
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“There will be a vote against the motion: I’m sure of this, because the majority is still there with von der Leyen. And even if in this majority there is a lot of discontent against von der Leyen, for the moment they will not force her to resign,” Piperea said.
However, the Romanian MEP hopes the initiative could “open a Pandora’s box", encouraging further motions of censure in the months ahead. “It is important that we have this democratic process, in order to force this kind of debate. Even if my motion will not succeed, there will probably be others in the future which will be successful," he said.
