{"id":246124,"date":"2025-07-07T20:16:09","date_gmt":"2025-07-07T20:16:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/246124\/"},"modified":"2025-07-07T20:16:09","modified_gmt":"2025-07-07T20:16:09","slug":"13-things-we-learned-from-von-der-leyens-eu-no-confidence-debate-politico","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/246124\/","title":{"rendered":"13 things we learned from von der Leyen\u2019s EU no-confidence debate \u2013 POLITICO"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;In fact, let us call it by its name \u2013 it is simply a lie.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>6. Socialists and liberals are seizing the chance to assert themselves<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He who laughs last, laughs longest&#8221; may have been in the heads of Socialist and liberal lawmakers. While both factions feel sidelined and humiliated since last summer\u2019s EU election, they saw in this debate an opportunity to reassert their power, showing the EPP it needs them to govern Europe \u2015 because they think rightward forces, which supported the motion, are not reliable.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you betray us again, be clear that social democracy will lead the resistance against your drift,\u201d said S&amp;D chief Iratxe Garc\u00eda, who, despite the harsh words, said her group would not support the no-confidence motion.<\/p>\n<p>Over and over, the EPP has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.eu\/article\/european-peoples-party-far-right-sovereignists-european-parliament-budget-migration-deportation-centers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">counted on far-right support<\/a> in the Parliament to set the agenda, kill reports, or pass through measures, with the helpless Socialists and liberals unable to stop it.<\/p>\n<p>7. There&#8217;s nothing worse than a friend who feels disappointed in you<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe ask you clearly: Who are your allies in this Parliament? Your real allies?&#8221; Val\u00e9rie Hayer, of liberal Renew, asked von der Leyen.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou are witnessing the impasse that you and your political family are facing, by having allowed the EPP to favor alliances of convenience with the far right.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>8. Even the centrists are wobbling on VDL<\/p>\n<p>The discontent among the Socialists is so ripe that the German delegation is considering abstaining during the vote on Thursday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#8220;In fact, let us call it by its name \u2013 it is simply a lie.&#8221; 6. 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