David Sassoli elected President of the European Parliament

3-7-2019 In-Cyprus In-Cyprus Cool

David Sassoli elected President of the European...

MEPs elected David Sassoli as President of the European Parliament on Wednesday afternoon, having won 345 out of 667 valid votes in the second round.

David Sassoli was born in Florence on May , 30, 1956. As an Italian MEP since 2009, he was re-elected on a Partito Democratico list in Central Italy in May 2019 for a third term. He will lead Parliament until January 2022.

In a brief address to the European Parliament in Strasbourg immediately after the vote, President Sassoli thanked the 9th legislature MEPs for their confidence in him.

He then said:...

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David Sassoli elected President of the European Parliament

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