Fachwörterwirrwarr: Welche Aufgaben hat die Präsidentin des Europäischen Parlaments?

Welche Aufgaben hat die Präsidentin des Europäischen Parlaments?

MEPs elected Roberta Metsola (EPP, MT) on January 2022 as President of the European Parliament until 2024.

Roberta Metsola won the election in the first voting round, where she received an absolute majority of 458 votes out of 690 cast in the remote secret vote, among three candidates.&nbsp;

President Metsola is leading the Parliament in the second half of the current legislative term, until a new Parliament is constituted following the 2024 European Elections.

Born in Malta in 1979,&nbsp; Roberta Metsola who has been an MEP since 2013, is the youngest EP President ever elected. She became First Vice-President in November 2020, and was Parliament’s acting President after President Sassoli passed away on 11 January 2022.

She is the third female President of the European Parliament, after Simone Veil (1979-1982) and Nicole Fontaine (1999- 2002).

Roberta Metsola, President of the European Parliament 2022-2024

Roberta METSOLA, EP President Official visit to Zagreb (Croatia)

EP President takes part in the European Council, followed by a press conference.

EU leaders meet to discuss the following (provisional agenda):

Ukraine
Middle East
Competitiveness
Next Multiannual Financial Framework and new Own Resources
Migration
Oceans
External relations

EP President, Roberta METSOLA takes part in the European Council meeting

EP President, Roberta METSOLA meets with Nikos Christodoulides, President of Cyprus, ahead of the European Council of 20 March 2025. Christodoulides is a politician, diplomat, and academic who has served as the 8th President of Cyprus since 2023.

EP President, Roberta METSOLA meets with Nikos Christodoulides, President of Cyprus

Roberta METSOLA, EP President Official visit to Malta

Meeting of the EP Conference of Presidents in the presence of Ursula VON DER LEYEN, President of the European Commission

Roberta METSOLA, EP President addresses the Meta pan-European Youth Summit

The EP and Poland’s Sejm and Senate organise a conference bringing together European and national MPs, to discuss stability, economic coordination and governance in the EU. The meeting is opened by EP President Roberta Metsola, Marshal of the Polish Sejm Szymon Hołownia and Senate Marshal Małgorzata Kidawa-Błońska.

European Parliamentary Week

Roberta METSOLA, EP President meets with Polish Marshals of Sejm and Senate

The 61st Munich Security Conference (MSC) takes place from February 14 to 16, 2025, at the Hotel Bayerischer Hof in Munich. The MSC 2025 offers an unparalleled platform for high-level debates on the key foreign and security policy challenges of our time.

Roberta METSOLA, President of the European Parliament participates at the Munich Security Conference 2025

EP President Roberta METSOLA, meets with Micheál MARTIN, Irish Prime Minister (Taoiseach)

EP President Roberta METSOLA meets with Sviatlana TSIKHANOUSKAYA Leader of Belarusian democratic opposition

Roberta METSOLA, EP President visits Malta

EU leaders will discuss European defence during an informal meeting at the Palais d’Egmont in Brussels. 

European Parliament President Roberta Metsola participates in the Informal EU leaders' retreat

The Secretary-General of NATO, Mark Rutte, has been invited to a lunch, and the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Keir Starmer, to a dinner.

Informal EU leaders' retreat

EP President Metsola inaugurates the Europa Experience in Luxembourg

EP President Roberta Metsola receives His Majesty King Abdulla II of Jordan

EP President Roberta Metsola meets with Polish PM,  Donald Tusk at the European Parliament in Strasbourg

EP President Roberta Metsola meets with Polish Prime Minister,  Donald Tusk

Roberta METSOLA, EP President receives a delegation from the US Congress

Legal Services Joint Seminar

Roberta METSOLA, EP President, meets with Denys SHMYHAL, Ukrainian Prime Minister

Roberta METSOLA, EP President meets with Kata TÜTTŐ, President of the European Committee of the Regions

Debate “Together in Europe. Perspective of Polish Women”.

Roberta METSOLA, EP President meets with  the Executive council of AmCham EU

Extraordinary meeting of the Conference of Committee Chairs - Second Inter-Committee Meeting of the European Parliament and the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine

Roberta METSOLA, EP President visit to Malta - Visit to St Paul’s Missionary College

Roberta METSOLA, EP President visit to Malta - Visit to St Dorothy’s Senior School

EP Plenary session - Progress in the UN-led efforts for the resumption of negotiations towards a solution to the Cyprus problem

Roberta METSOLA, EP President meets with Kaja KALLAS, High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy

EP Plenary session - Resumption of session and order of business

Roberta METSOLA, EP President meets with Ursula VON DER LEYEN, President of the European

Official visit by Roberta METSOLA, EP President to Zagreb (Croatia) - Meeting with Andrej PLENKOVIĆ, Croatian Prime Minister

Official visit by Roberta METSOLA, EP President to Zagreb (Croatia) - Meeting with Gordan JANDROKOVIĆ, Speaker of the Croatian Parliament in Zagreb

Official visit by Roberta METSOLA, EP President to Zagreb (Croatia) - Inauguration of the Europa Experience

Meeting of the EP Conference of Presidents in the presence of Antonio COSTA, President of the European Council

Roberta METSOLA, EP President meets with  Miloš VYSTRČIL, President of the Czech Senate

Roberta METSOLA, EP President receives a delegation from the US Congress. Scheduled meeting at the request of a US Congressional Delegation involving Representatives of the House Democracy Partnership. The 8 Members delegation led by Codel BUCHANAN will be meeting Members of the European Parliament across the political spectrum including the Vice-President responsible for Human Rights and Democracy Support and several DEG Members. The House Democracy Partnership is the closest counterpart of the EP's Democracy Support and Election Coordination Group (DEG). Family photo with Vern BUCHANAN, Norman THATCHER, Andy OGLES, Dina TITUS, Lloyd DOGGETT, Anna Paulina LUNA, Ted LIEU, Neal DUNN, Ihlan OMAR, Seth BLAYLOCK, Derek LUYTEN, Courtney BUTCHER

Roberta METSOLA, EP President receives a delegation from the US Congress: extracts from the roundtable and family photo

Roberta METSOLA, President of the European Parliament, meets with Denys SHMYHAL, Ukrainian Prime Minister, in the European Parliament in Brussels. This news item shows extracts from the arrival of the Ukrainian Prime Minister Shmyhal, welcome by President Metsola, handshake, family photo and roundtable.

Roberta METSOLA, EP President, meets with Denys SHMYHAL, Ukrainian Prime Minister: arrival, welcome and roundtable

EP President Roberta METSOLA visits St Paul’s Missionary College in Rabat - Malta and meets with the students.

Visit by Roberta METSOLA, EP President to Malta: extracts from the meeting at St Paul’s Missionary College in Rabat

EP President Roberta METSOLA visits Neo Group - Malta

Visit by Roberta METSOLA, EP President to Malta: extracts from the visit to Neo Group

EP President Roberta METSOLA visits St Dorothy’s Senior School, in Malta and meets with the students.

Visit by Roberta METSOLA, EP President, to Malta: extracts from the meeting at St Dorothy’s Senior School

Roberta METSOLA, EP President, makes a statement on the progress in the UN-led efforts for the resumption of negotiations towards a solution to the Cyprus problem.

Progress in the UN-led efforts for the resumption of negotiations towards a solution to the Cyprus problem: opening statement by Roberta METSOLA, EP President

MEPs evaluate the outcome of the 20 March European Council in a plenary debate with Presidents António Costa and Ursula von der Leyen. At their meeting in Brussels, the EU’s heads of state or government focused on how the EU can continue supporting Kyiv against Russia’s aggression, how to strengthen the EU’s security and defence capabilities, how to respond to the situation in the Middle East but also ways to bolster the EU’s competitiveness and discussed migration and multilateralism. MEPs debate (part 2)

Conclusions of the European Council meeting of 20 March 2025: MEPs debate (part 2)

Exterior and interior shots of the European Parliament during the EP Plenary session, with illustrations of buildings, flags, corridors with internal staff before the session, chamber with European members. (31/3 - 3/4/2025).

EP Plenary session (31/3 - 3/4): editing shots (exterior and interior shots of the EP)

EP President Roberta METSOLA meets with Andrej PLENKOVIĆ, Croatian Prime Minister in Zagreb.

Official visit by Roberta METSOLA, EP President, to Zagreb (Croatia) - meeting with Andrej PLENKOVIĆ, Croatian Prime Minister: extracts from the arrival, meeting and the press point

EP President Roberta METSOLA and Andrej PLENKOVIĆ, Croatian Prime Minister hold a press point in Zagreb.

Press point by Roberta METSOLA, EP President and Andrej PLENKOVIĆ, Croatian Prime Minister

EP President Roberta METSOLA and Gordan JANDROKOVIC, Speaker of the Croatian Parliament hold a press point in Zagreb.

Press point by Roberta METSOLA, EP President, and Gordan JANDROKOVIC, Speaker of the Croatian Parliament

EP President Roberta METSOLA meets with Gordan JANDROKOVIĆ, Speaker of the Croatian Parliament in Zagreb.

Official visit by Roberta METSOLA, EP President, to Zagreb (Croatia) - meeting with Gordan JANDROKOVIĆ, Speaker of the Croatian Parliament: extracts from the arrival, meeting and the press statements

Roberta METSOLA, President of the European Parliament, participates in the inauguration of the Europa Experience in Zagreb in the presence of Dubravka ŠUICA, European Commissioner for the Mediterranean and Gordan GRLIĆ RADMAN, Croatian Minister for Foreign and European Affairs. Europa Experiences are multimedia spaces around Europe with interactive tools that offer you direct and fascinating insight into how we work together at the European level to tackle today’s most important challenges. This news item shows extracts of President Metsola inaugurating the Europa Experience, addressing the audience and talking with students.

Official visit by Roberta METSOLA, EP President, to Zagreb (Croatia) with Dubravka ŠUICA, EC for the Mediterranean and Gordan GRLIĆ RADMAN, Croatian Minister for Foreign and European Affairs: extracts from the Inauguration of the Europa Experience

Roberta METSOLA, EP President meets with SOPHIE, Duchess of Edinburgh, arrival, welcome and roundtable.

Roberta METSOLA, EP President meets with HRH SOPHIE, Duchess of Edinburgh, arrival, welcome and roundtable

The EP Conference of Presidents meets with Antonio COSTA, President of the European Council

Meeting of the EP Conference of Presidents in the presence of Antonio COSTA, President of the European Council: arrivals and roundtable

Roberta METSOLA, EP President, participates at the European Council meeting (20/03): Doorstep. Addressing the European Council today in Brussels, President of the European Parliament Roberta Metsola highlighted the following topics: Ukraine, economy and MFF.

Doorstep by Roberta METSOLA, President of the European Parliament

Roberta METSOLA, EP President holds a press conference at the European Council meeting (20/03).

Press conference by Roberta METSOLA, EP President on her participation to the European Council: Q&A

Roberta METSOLA, EP President, participates at the European Council meeting. Arrival, doorstep and press conference

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