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A vote of confidence against European Union chief Ursula von der Leyen has failed to secure the majority of votes needed to move forward.
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has been at the forefront of calls for its overthrow.
This vote, the first of its kind in the European Parliament in over a decade, was organized by far-right lawmakers.
The motion consisted of a host of allegations against von der Leyen, including private messages with the head of the Pfizer factory that produced vaccines against the coronavirus, misuse of EU funds, and interference in elections in Germany and Romania.
Orbán previously said in a Facebook post that the vote "will be a moment of truth, on one side will be the imperialist elite of Brussels, on the other the patriots. It is essential to reach a solution."
"Madam President, the essence of your leadership is responsibility. It's time for you to leave!"
The EU chief has often clashed with Orban over his actions in Budapest that have undermined democracy. As a result, the European Commission has frozen his access to billions of euros in EU funds.
This vote has opened the way for much criticism of von der Leyen - who has been at the forefront of the EU's initiative to find vaccines for nearly 450 million people during the pandemic - but also of her European People's Party, which constitutes the largest political group in parliament./REL
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