European Parliament re-elects conservative Roberta Metsola as president

European Parliament re-elects conservative Roberta Metsola as presidentNews Telecinco

plenary session of the European Parliament HIt was approved on Tuesday Component Sessions Renewal of the President of the Institution, from Maltese European People’s Party (EPP) Roberta MetsolaFor the next two and a half years, with a complete majority The first round of voting saw 562 votes in favor out of 623 valid votes, as reported in the video by Luis Tovar.

European Left presents Podemos MEP Irene Monteiro Monteiro presented himself as an alternative candidate late Monday, shortly before the deadline to do so, but it was a symbolic proposal as he initially only had the support of his own group. Ultimately, Monteiro secured the support of 61 MEPs, a result that improves on the 46 votes secured by his own group.

“This must be a chamber without fear of leading and changing. We have started but we are not finished yet. We need to strengthen and rationalise our actions to ensure that this parliament can be the legislative and political power that we want it to be,” Metsola said in his candidate speech before the vote.

with majority support of the chamber

So, they defended it Legislature “A strong union must have a strong parliament” and for this, he warned, “it cannot be accepted that our role as representative is weakened, parliamentarism must be strengthened.”

Metsola has it majority support of call Centre Alliance who maintain their group, the EPP, with the Socialists and Democrats (S&D) and the Liberals (Renewed) as part of a deal to share senior EU positions and that includes the renewal of the president of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, which will be voted on on Thursday.

also a group of European Conservatives and Reformists (ECR), led by the Brothers of Italy Giorgia Meloniannounced in a statement that the “vast majority” of its MEPs support Metsola’s re-election because they value his “commitment to dialogue and his openness to balance and compromise, even when there are strong differences of opinion.”

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Intervention by Irene Montero

At a press conference before the vote, Frenchman Manon Aubry, co-president of the Left, explained that the decision to present an alternative candidacy – despite recognising a “will for inclusion” Metsola– “The need to show that there is no consensus, that there is a left-wing opposition that makes itself heard” and responds to this need with a feminist figure like Monteiro.

In his speech before the vote, Huntsman He has said his candidacy represents “the defence of a Europe of peace, committed to ending the genocide of the Palestinian people, feminist, green, anti-racist, anti-fascist, workers’ rights and social justice.” These words have received some praise, which has been drowned in applause.

After Metsola’s re-election, a plenary meeting was held Strasbourg (France) will continue to elect the 14 vice-presidents of the European Parliament – with two Spaniards aspiring: the ‘popular’ Esteban González Pons and the socialist Javi López – and four qualified persons of the institution.

A more fragmented European Chamber

54% of MEPs They hold a seat in the European Parliament for the first time, and 39% of the chamber is occupied by women.

European People’s Party (PPE) had the highest turnout in the elections held on June 9, giving it the chance to add 188 seats to the 720 seats at stake. They are followed by the Socialists and Democrats (S&D) with 136 MEPs, and the new far-right coalition promoted by the Hungarian prime minister, Viktor Orbán, Patriots for Europe, with 84 seats including Vox’s 6.

In fourth place are the European Conservatives and Reformists (ECR), the second force of the extreme right in the European Parliament with 78 seats, and whose main delegation is the party of Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni.Brothers from Italy. Thus, the European Liberals (Renew Europe – RE) came in fifth with 77 seats; followed by the Greens, with 53; the European Left, with 46; and Close Europe of Sovereign Nations, which has 25 seats and is led by the far-right Alternative for Germany. There are also 33 MEPs who do not belong to any group and are listed as not registered.

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