EU chief faces confidence votes in fractious parliament | International

STRASBOURG, France, Oct 9, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - EU chief Ursula von der Leyen faces two confidence votes Thursday in the European Parliament -- challenges that pose no serious threat to her leadership but underscore the tensions roiling the assembly. The two motions of censure against von der Leyen were brought by the hard-left and far-right, which accuse her European Commission of a lack of transparency and reject her trade policies. But while the motions are widely expected to fail, they reflect mounting discontent with von der Leyen's leadership and will test the cohesion of the coalition led by her conservative European People's Party (EPP). She survived a previous far-right attempt to unseat her in July, but the vote opened the...