Published 07/16/2024 1:38:00 p.m.

Metsola re-elected European Parliament president with strongest-ever vote

Roberta Metsola is re-elected as president of the European Parliament, the first woman to win a second term in the history of the EU assembly.
Metsola, a Maltese politician, is the second president to win a second term since 1979.
Metsola received approval from a large majority of EU lawmakers with 562 out of 623 votes for a further two and a half years leading the EU assembly.

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Roberta Metsola Re-Elected As European Parliament Chief

EU lawmakers overwhelmingly voted on Tuesday to give conservative Maltese politician Roberta Metsola another term as speaker of the European Parliament. Metsola won a massive majority with 562 votes as the 720-seat parliament met for its first session in Strasbourg, France, with new MEPs. Metsola, who belongs to the largest political group in the parliament, will be the parliament's president for the next two and a half years.(Except for the hea…

07/16/2024 11:27:09 a.m.·New Delhi, India

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The Star Kuala Lumpur

Malta's Metsola to head EU Parliament for second term

STRASBOURG (Reuters) - Roberta Metsola secured broad backing for a new term as president of the European Parliament on Tuesday, becoming the first woman to win a second term as head of the EU assembly. Read full story

07/16/2024 10:44:00 a.m.·Malaysia

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RTÉ

Malta's Metsola to head EU Parliament for second term

Roberta Metsola has secured broad backing for a new term as president of the European Parliament, becoming the first woman to win a second term as head of the EU assembly.

07/16/2024 10:38:42 a.m.·Ireland

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TASS [🇷🇺-affiliated]

Roberta Metsola re-elected president of European Parliament

Maltese politician Roberta Metsola has been re-elected for the second term as president of the European Parliament.In a vote held on Tuesday morning, the 45-year-old Christian Democrat from Malta secured 562 votes in favor out of the 623 ballots. Irene Montero from Spain, the symbolic challenger presented by the Left, obtained only 61 votes.

07/16/2024 11:04:08 a.m.·Moscow, Russian Federation

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The Straits Times

Malta's Metsola to head EU Parliament for second term

STRASBOURG - Roberta Metsola secured broad backing for a new term as president of the European Parliament on Tuesday, becoming the first woman to win a second term as head of the EU assembly. Read more at straitstimes.com.

07/16/2024 10:32:44 a.m.·Singapore

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WION

Roberta Metsola to head EU Parliament for second term

Roberta Metsola secured broad backing for a new term as president of the European Parliament on Tuesday, becoming the first woman to win a second term as head of the EU assembly. Metsola, a Maltese lawmaker who in 2022 became the first woman in 20 years to head the European Union assembly, is only the second president, after Germany's Martin Schulz, to win another term since the EU Parliament became a directly elected institution in 1979.

07/16/2024 11:19:19 a.m.·Noida, India

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