Overview

• Gheorghe Piperea of Romania’s AUR filed the motion on July 10 within the ECR group, targeting alleged secrecy in the EU’s ‘Pfizergate’ vaccine negotiations
• The text also levels unsubstantiated claims of Commission interference in recent German and Romanian elections without presenting evidence
• The proposal could not muster the two-thirds majority and lacked unanimous support even among European Conservatives and Reformists members
• In Strasbourg von der Leyen forcefully defended her record, denouncing opponents as antivaccins and Putin sympathizers
• Despite criticism over centralizing powers under Article 122 and delays on greenwashing legislation, the PPE-S&D-Renew majority remains united and poised to reject the motion