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Ursula von der Leyen and the polarized European Parliament

Ursula von der Leyen and the polarized European Parliament
world10/7/2025

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen is likely to survive Thursday's no-confidence vote — but both the EU's far left and far right have taken issue with how she is doing her job.

On Monday afternoon, when the European Parliament met for the second time after the summer break in Strasbourg, legislators got down to business right away. Jordan Bardella, the French chairman of the far-right group Patriots for Europe, accused Euro... [5732 chars]