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No confidence? Large abstention vote set to weaken EC chief von der Leyen

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen will be left reeling as up to half of the European Parliament fail to back her in an upcoming no-confidence vote, according to the man behind the motion. Romanian MEP Gheorghe Piperea said his no confidence motion on July 10 would fail but would leave von der Leyen with "very weak legitimacy".