00:00The European Commission has been targeted by a motion of censure in the European Parliament.
00:07The MEP should debate it on Monday and the confidence vote is scheduled for Thursday.
00:12Tabled by this Romanian MEP, the motion of censure was signed by conservatives and the extreme right.
00:19His first argument concerns the Commission's refusal to disclose text messages during Pfizergate.
00:25The European Court of Justice in Luxembourg says that the European Commission should disclose those SMS
00:34which were exchanged between Frau von der Leyen and Burla from Pfizer about the contract,
00:44a contract with a value of 35 billion euros, about the contract for the vaccines.
00:50Furthermore, the Conservative MEP accuses the Commission of mismanagement of funds for the post-COVID-19 pandemic recovery plan.
00:59He also says that the Commission would have funded NGOs to lobby MEPs with the aim of promoting the European Green Pact.
01:07Accusations refuted by the Commission.
01:10To be adopted and lead to the resignation of the College of Commissioners, the motion must secure two-thirds of the votes cast and the support of a majority of MEPs.
01:21There will be a vote against the motion, I'm sure of this, because the majority is still there with Frau von der Leyen.
01:30And even in this majority, there are a lot of discontents against Frau von der Leyen.
01:37They will not, for the moment, force her to resign, but probably this will happen in six months.
01:44There is a precedent. In 1999, the Commission had resigned based on allegations of fraud and questions of transparency before a formal vote by the Parliament.
