Romanian MEP Gheorghe Piperea has sparked a political firestorm in Brussels, securing the 72 signatures required to trigger a no-confidence vote against the left-liberal European Commission President, Ursula von der Leyen. The threshold, representing one-tenth of the total 720 seats in the EU Parliament, came primarily from the national conservative groups: the European Conservatives and Reformists (ECR), the Patriots, and the Europe of Sovereign Nations (ESN). While the ESN backed the motion unanimously, the ECR’s largest delegation, Giorgia Meloni’s Fratelli d’Italia, conspicuously abstained. Shockingly, even members of von der Leyen’s own European People’s Party (EPP) signed the petition, exposing fractures within her political base. The no-confidence vote stems from the ongoing fallout of “Pfizergate”. Her deleted private communications with Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla, tied to…
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