European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen will face a no-confidence vote in the European Parliament on Thursday, after a motion tabled by a far-right Romanian MEP cleared the necessary procedural checks, writes Euractiv.

The initiative, led by Gheorghe Piperea the ECR’s Romanian AUR party, was officially submitted last week with 74 initial signatures. Although several MEPs later withdrew their support, Piperea announced on Wednesday that the motion had gathered 79 signatures, just over the threshold required to trigger parliamentary action.

A Parliament source confirmed to Euractiv that President Roberta Metsola has informed the Conference of Presidents, the body that sets the Parliament’s agenda, that the motion had met all the requirements under Rule 131 of the Parliament’s rules of procedure.

The motion will be debated on Monday, before a vote on Thursday during the plenary session in Strasbourg. The vote is unlikely to pass”.