Censure

The EU Parliament can censure the EU Commission by a vote of no confidence (Photo: European Parliament)

The EU Parliament can censure the EU Commission by a vote of no confidence.

This requires a two-thirds majority of votes and an absolute majority of members - 367 of 732 after enlargement.  

Notes

The future

The EU Parliament can only sack the whole Commission and is arguing for the right to be able to sack individual commissioners.