Voting in favor of von der Leyen, as her group will do, “doesn’t imply every little thing is okay,” Hayer mentioned. “As a result of because the first movement of censure final July, we are able to’t say we’ve actually made any progress.”
11. The Greens aren’t a part of the von der Leyen membership
Von der Leyen’s EPP is weakening Europe as a result of it’s vacillating as to “which aspect of the political spectrum they stand on,” Greens co-leader Terry Reintke mentioned.
The Greens have loads of complaints, from the EPP’s “late response” to the struggling in Gaza to the scrapping of local weather initiatives. However they received’t vote in opposition to von der Leyen, Reintke mentioned, as a result of “do we actually, on this essential second, need an institutional disaster?”
12. The ECR is on the fence
The precise-wing European Conservatives and Reformists are not any actual followers of von der Leyen however don’t notably agree with a few of her critics both.
That can see a number of the group again her within the confidence vote, and a few not — as occurred in July, when the Brothers of Italy get together backed von der Leyen whereas the Polish ECR delegation voted to take away her.
“Within the ECR, each nationwide delegation will likely be free to vote in keeping with its conscience and within the curiosity of its individuals,” mentioned chief Nicola Procaccini.
