EU chief von der Leyen comfortably survives confidence vote

AFP | Strasbourg

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France EU chief Ursula von der Leyen yesterday comfortably saw off a no-confidence vote in the European Parliament -- but the rare challenge has exposed frictions between her backers and complaints about her leadership style.

Lawmakers in Strasbourg rejected the censure motion -- launched by the far-right over the European Commission president’s handling of Covid vaccine contracts -- by 360 to 175 in a widely expected result.

“In a moment of global volatility and unpredictability, the EU needs strength, vision, and the capacity to act,” von der Leyen, who wasn’t at the parliament for the vote, wrote on X afterwards.