Two political groups in the European Parliament have announced plans to file motions of no confidence against the European Commission under Ursula von der Leyen. The announcements by the right-wing group Patriots for Europe and the Left follow a major speech delivered by von der Leyen to European Union lawmakers earlier on Wednesday.

Moldovan President Maia Sandu told European lawmakers that Russia is carrying out extensive interference in an attempt to pull her country back into its orbit ahead of this month’s crucial parliamentary elections.

The European People’s Party's pushback comes as forest fires ravaged parts of Europe this summer in the EU's worst wildfire season on record, surpassing 1 million hectares (2.47 million acres) burned. Lionel Bonaventure/AFP via Getty Images

The European Union’s chief executive, Ursula von der Leyen, sets out her priorities for the year ahead on Wednesday after a bruising summer dominated by a much-criticised trade deal with U.S. President Donald Trump.

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has announced plans to seek sanctions and a partial trade suspension against Israel over the war in Gaza.

The European Parliament is pressing for changes to a controversial EU-US trade deal reached this summer, raising the risk of fresh tensions just as Brussels seeks to stabilize relations strained under President Donald Trump.

Germany's parliament on Thursday lifted the immunity of a prominent far-right lawmaker with the Alternative for Germany party, after which authorities searched his home and offices following a court order.

The European Parliament on Thursday urged the European Union to add Venezuela's Cartel de los Soles with 355 votes in favor and 173 against