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Politico (10 July 2025)

Max Griera, Sarah Wheaton, Nicholas Vinocur, Hanne Cokelaere

European Commission president defeats far-right plan to bring her down.

Ursula von der Leyen on Thursday survived a no-confidence vote in her leadership of the European Commission.

A majority of members of the European Parliament, who voted on a motion submitted by the hard-right, backed the Commission president. If she had lost the vote, von der Leyen and the rest of her Commission would have had to stand down, throwing the EU into chaos.

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