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EU chief survives confidence votes in bloc’s parliament

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EU chief Ursula von der Leyen survived a twin confidence vote Thursday in the European Parliament — challenges that posed no serious threat to her leadership but underscored tensions in the assembly.

Neither of the two motions of censure against the European Commission president secured the minimum 361 out of 720 votes — with 179 lawmakers backing the one brought by the far-right Patriots and 133 endorsing the challenge by The Left.

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