Members of the European Parliament elected Maltese MEP Roberta Metsola from the European People’s Party Group as President until 2024.
Metsola won the election on January 18 in the first voting round, where she received an absolute majority of 458 votes out of the 690 ballots cast, which were submitted in a secret vote, according to the EU’s tradition, that had to be held remotely due to COVID.
Metsola vowed to uphold European principles, fight climate change, help end the separation of Cy…
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