Roberta Metsola is re-elected president of the European Parliament

This Tuesday, the European Parliament voted and re-elected the Maltese Roberta Metsola for a new period that ends in January 2027.

Metsola, from the European Popular Party, received the support of 562 MEPs, out of a total of 623. The Spanish candidate, MEP Irene Montero, obtained 61 votes.

Grateful and humbled by the trust that MEPs have placed in me as the President of the House of Democracy.

I will continue to stand for a strong @Europarl_EN in a strong Europe.

To build bridges and bring change to our legislative & political powerhouse. pic.twitter.com/WeomM2BR07

— Roberta Metsola (@EP_President) July 16, 2024

The president of Parliament from 2022, and re-elected to the position until 2027, is a 45-year-old lawyer, declared: “We need to strengthen and rationalize our operations to ensure that this Parliament can be the legislative and political power that we want it to be.”

For the official, the main challenge now is for the European Parliament to “achieve its long-awaited right of legislative initiative and strengthen its role with the other two major European organizations, the Commission and the Council.”

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Source: DW

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