On Tuesday, MEPs re-elected Roberta Metsola (EPP, MT) as President of the European Parliament until 2027, with 562 votes in the first round.
Roberta Metsola won the election in the first round of voting, where she received an absolute majority of 562 votes cast out of 699 by secret paper ballot, among two candidates. She will continue to lead Parliament for the first two and a half years of the 10th legislative term.
Voting results
- Roberta Metsola (EPP, MT) 562
- Irene Montero (The Left, ES) 61
Total votes cast: 699
Blank or invalid votes: 76
Absolute majority needed: 312
About Parliament’s President
The President enjoys a broad range of executive and representative powers set out in the Rules of Procedure. Other than these duties, the President’s authority extends to “all powers that are necessary to preside over the proceedings of Parliament and to ensure that they are properly conducted”.
Article 14 of the Treaty on the European Union states that Parliament elects its President from among its Members. Since the first European elections (universal suffrage) in 1979, each President is in office for a renewable period of two and a half years. This means that there can be two Presidents in each legislative term. There have been 31 presidents since the Parliament was created in 1952, 17 of whom have served since 1979.
Source: European Parliament | Press room (https://shorturl.at/6JCvc)