First Vice President of the European Parliament Roberta MetsolaBRUSSELS, 18 Jan Former Vice Speaker of the European Parliament , a citizen of Malta, Roberta Metsola, was elected by an absolute majority as the new President of the EP in the first round, follows from the results of the vote. Her candidacy was supported by 458 deputies out of 690. The vote was held remotely. jpg» />The European Parliament decided to sue the European Commission. Metsola was nominated as a candidate for the post of speaker by the largest faction in the EP — the European People's Party. She will be the first female Speaker of the European Parliament since 1999. The Speaker of the European Parliament is elected every 2.5 years. The last President of the European Parliament, David Sassoli, died in Italy on January 11 at the age of 66 from cancer. He has been in an Italian hospital since December 26 last year. Sassoli was elected President of the European Parliament in early July 2019. Even before the death of Sassoli, the election of the President of the EP was scheduled for mid-January 2022. It was reported that Sassoli, due to health problems, most likely would not have taken part in them. Maltese citizen and former Vice-Speaker of the European Parliament Roberta Metsola was born in 1979, married with three children. She graduated from the University of Malta and the College of Europe in Bruges with a degree in Law. Metsola is a lawyer specializing in European law and European politics.
European politicians expressed their condolences over the death of Sassoli Malta with the EU as an attaché for legal and judicial cooperation. Then she was part of the team of the EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy as a legal adviser. Metsola was first elected to the European Parliament in 2013, becoming one of the first women of Malta to occupy the seat of an EP deputy. In 2014, she was re-elected to the EP with a record number of votes. Metsola actively defends women's rights and advocates for the most open European Parliament. needed
