Overview

• Politico reports that two fresh no-confidence motions are planned for this week’s Strasbourg plenary, with an anonymous MEP forecasting many more votes that will test her leadership.
• Former commissioner Thierry Breton told Politico the European Commission is "seriously weakened" after facing an unusually large number of such challenges.
• The Left and Patriots for Europe have filed the latest motions and could be joined by parts of the European Conservatives and Reformists for roughly 237 votes by current estimates.
• Parliamentary rules set the bar at 361 votes to remove the Commission president, and the July attempt in Parliament drew only 175 supporters.
• Critics cite vaccine procurement disputes, opaque correspondence, EU budget concerns, and contested trade deals with the United States and Mercosur, including an agreement she signed at Donald Trump’s golf course in Scotland.