Members of the European Parliament have elected the centre-left Italian David Sassoli to be their president for the next two-and-a-half years.
He received 325 votes in the first round on Wednesday morning (3 July), falling just seven votes short.
In the second round he received 345 votes, an absolute majority of votes cast, leaving behind conservative Czech MEP Jan Zahradil (160 votes), Green German Ska Keller (119), and far-left Spanish Sira Rego (43).
He is replacing anoth...
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