2 minutes agoEuropean Parliament Speaker Dies at 65
Periskopi(4 years ago)
(4 years ago)European Parliament President David Sassol has died today as a result of a serious illness. His spokesman Roberto Cuillo confirmed the news. “President @ EP David Sassoli passed away at 1: 15 a.m. on January 11th in CRO at Aviano (PN), Italy, where he was admitted to the hospital. Date and funeral place will [...]
His spokesman Roberto Cuillo confirmed the news.
“President @ EP David Sassoli passed away at 1: 15 a.m. on January 11th in CRO at Aviano (PN), Italy, where he was admitted to the hospital. The date and place of the funeral will be communicated in the next few hours,” wrote spokesman Roberto Cuillo, writes CNN, records Periscopi.
On Monday, Cuillo said Susssol was in a hospital in Italy since December 26th, due to a serious complications due to a failure to operate his immune system.
Sassol, an Italian centre-left politician, was also treated at a French pneumonia hospital in September, Reuters reported, citing his office.
Sassol, 65, has been president of the 705-seat parliament since 2019. His mandate would end this month and he was not expected to seek a second, according to Reuters.
Because of the illness, he was unable to lead the Strasbourg-based parliament in recent weeks and missed the European Commission's annual event for the union situation in September./Periscopi/
