Overview

• Lawmakers from far‑right and radical‑left groups tabled the motions, which were decisively defeated in Thursday’s votes.
• The center‑right EPP, Socialists & Democrats, and Renew maintained a working majority for the Commission president despite visible strains.
• Ursula von der Leyen thanked MEPs on X, saying she deeply appreciated the strong support shown in the chamber.
• Critics including Manon Aubry and Jordan Bardella pressed accusations ranging from opacity and federalist overreach to inaction over Gaza, migration policy expansion, and trade concessions tied to talks with Donald Trump.
• Observers noted the censure bids served mainly as political barometers, with Parliament never having ousted a Commission and the 1999 Santer resignation occurring before an expectedly lost vote.