On Tuesday, MEPs elected Roberta Metsola (EPP, MT) as President of the European Parliament until 2024, with 458 votes in the first round.
<p>Roberta Metsola won the election in the first voting round, where she received an absolute majority of 458 votes out of 690 cast in the remote secret vote, among three candidates. At the beginning of the day’s proceedings, Kosma Złotowski (ECR, PL) withdrew his candidacy, bringing the number of candidates down to three.
</p><p>President Metsola will lead the Parliament in the second half of the current legislative term, until a new Parliament is constituted following the 2024 European Elections.
</p><p>Vote results
</p><p>Roberta Metsola (EPP, MT) 458
Alice Bah Kuhnke (Greens/EFA, SE) 101
Sira Rego (The Left, ES)57
</p><p>Total votes cast: 690
</p><p>Blank or invalid votes: 74
</p><p>Absolute majority needed: 309
</p><p>Who is Roberta Metsola? www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/press-room/20220114IPR2101...
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