Italian MEP David-Maria Sassoli was elected president of the European Parliament on Wednesday (July 3), winning 345 votes in the second round of voting.
Sassoli
has been an MEP for the centre-left S&D group since 2009, representing
Central Italy, and is a member of Italy's centre-left Democratic
Party.
Before entering politics in
2009, Sassoli worked as a journalist. He'd contributed to local newspapers, worked
as a TV news reporter and presenter before becoming a deputy director of TG1, Italy's
state-owned broadcaster.
The new European Parliament
voted earlier Wednesday for the successor of the outgoing President Antonio
Tajani. In the first round of voting, Sassoli won 325 votes. To win, a
candidate must get absolute majority of the valid votes cast in the parliament.
Source: NDO
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