The European Parliament descended into open rebellion as lawmakers from France, Sweden, the Netherlands, Romania, Greece and Hungary denounced Ursula von der Leyen’s push to expand the European Union to Ukraine, Moldova and the Western Balkans. Critics branded the plan an “imperial overreach,” accusing Brussels of eroding national sovereignty and abolishing veto powers. Several MEPs warned that the EU was “becoming a Second Soviet Union” under von der Leyen’s leadership, while others called the proposal “madness.” The debate marked one of the most divisive sessions in recent EU history, laying bare the bloc’s growing fracture between federalists and nationalist sovereigntists.
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