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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
World
Lorne Cook

Ursula von der Leyen faces confidence vote in far-right challenge

European Union lawmakers are set to hold a confidence vote on Ursula von der Leyen, the head of the bloc’s powerful executive arm, on Thursday, as Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán leads calls for her removal.

The censure motion, the first of its kind in the European Parliament for over a decade, was initiated by a coalition of far-right lawmakers.

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