The failure of the motion of censure against the von der Leyen Commission, with the unexpected support of several French Les Républicains MEPs alongside the Rassemblement National, underlines an ideological convergence underway around the issues of sovereignty and trade, while weakening the traditional divide between these parties. On Thursday October 9, the motion of censure tabled by the Patriots for Europe (Jordan Bardella’s group) against the von der Leyen Commission failed. But the political fact lies elsewhere: four of the six French Les Républicains MEPs…
