Overview

• Romanian MEP Gheorghe Piperea secured 79 signatures to meet the 72-MEP threshold required to force a debate and vote on the motion
• The two-page proposal accuses the Commission of opacity and mismanagement during the COVID-19 crisis, including refusal to disclose Von der Leyen’s text exchanges with Pfizer’s CEO
• The European Conservatives and Reformers formally distanced themselves from the initiative and EPP leader Manfred Weber called it a party-political stunt
• Under EU rules, adoption demands two-thirds of votes cast plus a majority of all 720 MEPs—a bar no censure motion has ever cleared
• Parliament President Roberta Metsola confirmed the plenary debate on Monday and the final vote on Thursday in Strasbourg