Members of the European Parliament who are from the Carlow Kilkenny area are set to find themselves in opposing positions when today’s motion of no-confidence in Ursula von der Leyen is tabled.
The President of the European Commission is facing the move – the first of its kind in over a decade – over her failure to publicise text messages she exchanged with the boss of a vaccine company during the covid pandemic.
She’s dismissed the ballot as a ‘conspiracy theory-laden attempt to divide Europe’, and says the over 70 MEP’s behind it are ‘anti-vaxers’.
Ireland South MEP Kathleen Funchion from Kilkenny wouldn’t agree with that statement – she’s among those set to vote no confidence;
While Carlow native Cynthia Ní Mhurchú says while she’s disagreed with Ursula von der Leyen on a number of topics, she’ll be voting for her this time around;
