European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen comfortably survived two bids to take away her when the European Parliament rejected no-confidence motions from hard-right and left teams on Thursday (October 9, 2025).
E.U. lawmakers rejected the 2 motions of censure with 378 members of the 720-strong Parliament expressing help for Ms. von der Leyen and her staff of commissioners in the primary vote and 383 in the second.
The outcomes had been barely higher for the E.U. govt chief than in July, when 360 lawmakers voted towards a movement introduced by primarily far-right lawmakers, though the quantity is decrease than the 401 votes Ms. von der Leyen acquired in July 2024, when re-elected as Commission president.
Although the motions of censure had nearly no probability of reaching the two-thirds majority required to unseat her, some lawmakers mentioned they might expose extra common disquiet over her management and destabilise the E.U. meeting, whose backing is required to go laws.
