05/09/2025 (Agence Europe) – The spokesperson for the far-right Patriots for Europe (PfE) group in the European Parliament, Alonso de Mendoza Asensi, confirmed on Friday 5 September that his political family was working towards tabling a motion of censure against the von der Leyen II Commission. “We already announced it before summer. Any update will be communicated at the right time”, he stated. On Wednesday 3 September, after the Commission had forwarded the EU-Mercosur agreement to the EU Council for approval, the President of the Rassemblement National, Marine Le Pen of France, indicated via the X network that the MEPs in the PfE group would be tabling “a motion of censure against Ursula von der Leyen as early as next week”. “Everyone will be able to see who is really standing up for our farmers”, she added. The Left group is also preparing its own motion of censure (see EUROPE 13701/27). (MB)