The heads of most political groups in the European Parliament expressed reluctant support for Ursula von der Leyen, the European Commission president, during debate on motions to censure her yesterday.
Apart from the Left and Patriots for Europe, which had tabled the censure motions, the remaining groups all said they would either not support the motions to censure von der Leyen, or would not impose a voting line on their MEPs.
With the exception of von der Leyen’s own group, the European People’s Party (EPP), all other political groups expressed frustration with her record but said they had little appetite for an institutional crisis.
