Today, MEPs elected Roberta Metsola (EPP, MT) as President of the European Parliament until 2024, with 458 votes in the first round. Roberta Metsola won the election in the first voting round, where she received an absolute majority of 458 votes out of 690 cast in the remote secret vote, among three candidates. At the beginning […]

  I want to start by paying homage to David Sassoli and all that he meant for this Parliament.   Dear colleagues:   It is an honour for me to represent The Left in this process, a humble group but one that has been essential to building a more democratic, fair and more egalitarian Europe. […]

  Dear Colleagues, I was 10 years old the first time I picked up the phone, and a Nazi told me that I didn’t belong in Sweden, where I was born and raised. He said they would kill me and my family if we didn’t leave the country, My home country. The threats never stopped, […]

On Tuesday, Parliament will choose its President for the second half of the legislative term.  The election of the new EP President will be presided over by a Vice-President, determined in accordance with the order of precedence.   Candidates for the post of President can be put forward either by a political group or by a […]

David Maria Sassoli was an Italian politician and President of the European Parliament from the centre left Democratic Party, who previously worked as a journalist and TV anchor. He was born in Florence on 30 May 1956. David Sassoli has had a long and high-profile career as a professional journalist, including on various newspapers, following […]