European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen faces a rare no-confidence vote in the European Parliament this week

The motion, proposed by a group of mainly far-right lawmakers in the European Parliament, is destined to fall far short of the two-thirds majority needed to force out the European Commission President

The most powerful EU official faces a challenge to her authority, if not her hold on office, thanks to a censure motion. Center-left EU lawmakers seized the moment to slam cooperation with the far right.