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Sira Rego: 'The majority looks likely to support a conservative candidate opposed to women's sexual and reproductive health and rights - is support for a candidate whose agenda substantially overlaps with the far-right the only path?' (Photo: The Left)

The EP presidency: why support the right?

by Sira Rego, Brussels,

In a few days, MEPs will elect a new president of the European Parliament, the top post in the only EU institution elected by direct suffrage.

The election will be marked by the untimely passing of David Sassoli, a president who steered the parliament through an extremely complex and challenging period. During his term in office, he showed that it was possible to reach agreements through

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Sira Rego MEP is The Left's candidate for president of the European Parliament.

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Sira Rego: 'The majority looks likely to support a conservative candidate opposed to women's sexual and reproductive health and rights - is support for a candidate whose agenda substantially overlaps with the far-right the only path?' (Photo: The Left)

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Sira Rego MEP is The Left's candidate for president of the European Parliament.

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