BRUSSELS -- European Union lawmakers will hold a confidence vote Thursday on the head of the bloc’s powerful executive arm, Ursula von der Leyen, with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán leading calls for her to be ousted.

BRUSSELS — European Union lawmakers will hold a confidence vote Thursday on the head of the bloc’s powerful executive arm, Ursula von der Leyen , with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán leading calls for her to be ousted.

The majority of the political groups of the European Parliament will not back the vote of no-confidence tabled against von der Leyen's European Commission, but even those from the coalition that voted her into office last year reproached her leadership,