Overview

• Patriotas por Europa's motion drew 179 votes in favor, 378 against and 37 abstentions, while The Left's motion received 133 in favor, 383 against and 78 abstentions.
• Both efforts fell far short of the 396 votes needed from 594 cast to force the Commission's resignation under Parliament's two-thirds rule.
• The sponsors targeted the Commission's handling of a tariff-avoidance accord with the United States and the EU–Mercosur trade pact, with The Left also citing inaction on Gaza.
• Pro‑European centrists from the EPP, S&D, Renew and Greens largely held the line, though a small number of MEPs defected in each vote.
• This was the third censure attempt against von der Leyen since summer; she skipped the vote after a conciliatory appearance on Monday as figures like Vox's Jorge Buxadé and Comuns' Jaume Asens framed the bids as symbolic.