The political mainstream will prevent the Commission from falling, but even a doomed no-confidence vote would refocus attention on Pfizergate.
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    BRUSSELS — A potentially imminent vote of no confidence in European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen is almost certain to fail, but would at the same time compound her embarrassment over the Pfizergate scandal.

    Romanian right-wing lawmaker Gheorghe Piperea has filed a motion of censure against von der Leyen over her secret texts from 2021 with Albert Bourla, the chief executive of pharmaceutical giant Pfizer, during discussions on getting vaccines to Europe at the height of the coronavirus pandemic.