Political Warning Shot: Von der Leyen Survives No-confidence Vote

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen faced a motion of no confidence on Thursday in the European Parliament in Strasbourg.

• Of the 720 members of European Parliament, only 553 were present, 175 voted in favor of the motion, 360 rejected it, and 18 abstained.

Though von der Leyen won the vote with a clear majority, Parliament Vice President Katarina Barley reportedly said this would be the “absolute last chance” for her as many parliamentarians are dissatisfied with her leadership, or lack thereof.

Allegations: Some of the allegations leveled against von der Leyen include suspicious text message exchanges with Pfizer ceo Albert Bourla in relation to coronavirus vaccine orders, as well as accusations of misusing EU funds and interfering in elections.

While von der Leyen, as expected, lives to fight another day, her troubles are far from over. The vote—the first such no-confidence attempt since 2014—exposes increasing political opposition to a Commission president who, like much of Europe, seems to have drifted to the right, putting her at odds with two of the major parties that brought her to power.

Von der Leyen may have survived, but political families from across the spectrum used the procedure to air their grievances against the Commission, whether on transparency and the over centralization of power, backtracking on the Green Deal, or accusations of violating the EU’s institutional procedures.
—Politico

Leadership vacuum: While the EU is an aspiring superpower, many do not see von der Leyen as a leader who can represent the whole bloc on the global stage. Bible prophecy reveals that a core European bloc will emerge from the current union and rise to global dominance under a strong leader. Von der Leyen’s weakness will help usher in this rise one way or another.

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