nam 22 uu 4500 10.59704/bc61c3f217652de9 DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 250709s2025||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.59704/bc61c3f217652de9 doi eng 342 23 Alemanno, Alberto Author aut Von der Leyen Faces the Vote - A Tale of Parliamentary Control Alemanno, Alberto Verfassungsblog 2025-07-09 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier On July 10, 2025, the European Parliament votes on a motion of censure against Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and her entire College of Commissioners. The pending vote against von der Leyen provides a compelling case study for examining the evolving role of the censure motion as both a legal instrument of accountability and a political tool for inter-institutional dialogue. While the motion's immediate prospects for success remain minimal, its deployment illuminates fundamental questions about democratic legitimacy, institutional loyalty, and the constitutional evolution of EU governance structures towards a post-Lisbon parliamentary democracy’s logic. CC BY-SA 4.0 European Democracy Europäisches Parlament | Brüssel Luxemburg (Stadt) Straßburg Motion of Censure Ursula von der Leyen (DE-588)1051754-6 gnd Europäisches Parlament | Brüssel Luxemburg (Stadt) Straßburg Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://verfassungsblog.de/von-der-leyen-faces-the-vote/ raw object