22 minutes agoRoberta Metsola from today European Parliament President
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(4 years ago)Roberta Metsola has been chosen as the successor of David Sassol, taking the post of European Parliament president. It won an absolute majority of 458 votes, Euronews reports. Metsola, a member of the right-wing EPP group from Malta, was among the four candidates for the position, along with Spain's Sira Rego (radicalia of [...]
Roberta Metsola has been chosen as the successor of David Sassol, taking the post of European Parliament president. It won an absolute majority of 458 votes, Euronews reports.
Metsola, a member of the right-wing EPP group from Malta, was among four candidates for the position, along with Spain's Sira Rego (left-wing radikal), Poland's Kosma Zlotowski ( ECR, Eurosceptics) and Alice Bah Kuhnke of Sweden (The Green).
Alice was the nearest contender, winning 101 votes. Each applied to his Eurodeputte colleagues in Strasbourg on Tuesday to succeed Sassol, who died on January 11th and whose mandate ended this week.
Metsola has been Eurodeputte since 2013 and the deputy speaker of Parliament since 2020. But the mother of four has also drawn criticism from some of her colleagues for her views against abortion, which are widely held in Malta, the last EU country where abortion is still completely illegal.
Aware of the reserves it has raised on this issue, she said that its “deter would be to represent parliament position”, including sex and reproductive rights.
