Von der Leyen Faces the Vote - A Tale of Parliamentary Control Alemanno, Alberto Author aut Text xx# 2025 Verfassungsblog 2025-07-09 eng
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 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 Alemanno, Alberto European Democracy Europäisches Parlament | Brüssel Luxemburg (Stadt) Straßburg Motion of Censure Ursula von der Leyen Europäisches Parlament | Brüssel Luxemburg (Stadt) Straßburg 342 https://verfassungsblog.de/von-der-leyen-faces-the-vote/ Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH 10.59704/bc61c3f217652de9 250709 10.59704/bc61c3f217652de9 Converted from MARCXML to MODS version 3.7 using MARC21slim2MODS3-7.xsl (Revision 1.140 20200717)