In his second term, US President Donald Trump has taken his MAGA movement global, criticizing election outcomes, climate change initiatives and migration policy while backing populist presidential candidates.

The split in approaches became clear in an October motion of no confidence against von der Leyen, when 13 out of 44 Greens MEPs voted in support of bringing down the Commission, including the Italian, French, Spanish and Belgian delegations. The Croatian and Luxembourgish groups abstained.