When voting for a vote of no confidence, the chairman of the European Commission, 175 euro deputies supported the resolution, 360 voted for its deviation and 18 abstained.
Votes “for” the vote of mistrust turned out to be much less than the necessary two -thirds. Ursuly von der Lyain was not in the hall during the vote.
The proposal was made by the Romanian Euro -deputy George Piper and signed by 77 members of the right -wing political groups, including European conservatives and reformists, patriots for Europe and Europe of sovereign nations. In the center of their criticism is the opaque work of von der Lyeen with Pfizer vaccines purchases for EU And her increasingly centralized approach to power.
It is believed that the very formulation of the question for voting shaken the position of the head of the European Commission and can lead to a weakening of support for its program in the EU parliament.
In recent months, von der Lyienn and the right -centric UNP have been criticized for the fact that in a number of parliamentary decisions they made support of the ultra -right, going against the traditional centrist coalitions of the EU with the participation of socialists, liberals and “green”.
One of the leaders of the UNP said Euronewsthat von der Lyainu should now more clearly coordinate his agenda with the values of the party.
The first reaction of Ursula von der Lyan after the votum of distrust was rejected, was brief. She published on social networks a message in which she thanked the European Parliamentarians for supporting:
“At the time of global instability and unpredictability, the EU needs strength, vision and ability to act. We need everything and everyone to cope with common problems. Together. When external forces try to destabilize and divide us, our duty is to react in accordance with our values. Thank you, and Long live Europe.”
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