In July 2024&nbsp; 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.

Born in Malta in 1979, Roberta Metsola has been an MEP since 2013.&nbsp;She was elected First Vice-President in November 2020, and was Parliament’s acting President after President Sassoli passed away on 11 January 2022. On 18 January 2022,&nbsp;she was elected President&nbsp;for the second half of the 9th legislative term. She is the third female President of the European Parliament, after&nbsp;Simone Veil&nbsp;(1979-1982) and Nicole Fontaine (1999-2002).

Addressing the House after she was elected, President Metsola said: “Together, we must stand up for the politics of hope, for the dream that is Europe. I want people to recapture a sense of belief and enthusiasm for our project. A belief to make our shared space safer, fairer, more just and more equal. A belief that together we are stronger and we are better. A belief that ours is a Europe for all.”

Roberta Metsola, President of the European Parliament 2024-2027

Roberta METSOLA, EP President, meets with Mohammad MUSTAFA, Palestinian Prime Minister: arrival, meeting and roundtable

Roberta METSOLA, EP President and António COSTA, President of the European Council meet with Majesty King Philippe of the Belgians: extracts from the audience and the New Year’s Reception

Official visit by Roberta METSOLA, EP President to Washington D.C. (United States of America) -  Keynote speech at the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies

Keynote speech by Roberta METSOLA, EP President at the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies

Q&A session with Roberta METSOLA, EP President and students at the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies

Official visit by Roberta METSOLA, EP President to Washington D.C. (United States of America) -  Bilateral Meeting with the US Chamber of Commerce

Official visit by Roberta METSOLA, EP President to Washington D.C. (United States of America): extracts from the keynote speech & Q&A with Students, at the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies

Official visit by Roberta METSOLA, EP President to Washington D.C. (United States of America) - Tribute to United States servicemen and women on the occasion of the 80th Anniversary of the end of World War II at Arlington National Cemetery

Official visit by Roberta METSOLA, EP President to Washington D.C. (United States of America): tribute to United States servicemen and women on the occasion of the 80th Anniversary of the end of World War II at Arlington National Cemetery

International Summit on the Support of Ukraine: speech by Roberta METSOLA, EP President

Roberta METSOLA, EP President meets with Gideon SA'AR, Israeli Minister for Foreign Affairs

Roberta METSOLA, EP President meets with Radoslaw SIKORSKI, Polish Minister for Foreign affairs

Roberta METSOLA, EP President Official visit to Malta

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

European Parliamentary Week

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

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

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 Prime Minister,  Donald Tusk

EP President meets with Palestinian Prime Minister, Mohammad Mustafa

EP President meets with Mark RUTTE, Secretary General of NATO

EP President, meets with Alexander SCHALLENBERG, Austrian Chancellor

Roberta METSOLA, EP President Official visit to Cairo (Egypt)

EP President participates at European Council

Roberta METSOLA, EP President, participates in the ceremony for the commemoration of the 80th Anniversary of the Battle of the Bulge

Roberta METSOLA, EP President at the Meta Pan-European Youth Summit: extracts from the address

European Parliamentary Week 2025: welcoming words by Roberta METSOLA, EP President

European Parliamentary Week 2025: ambiance shots from the chamber and family photo

Meeting between Roberta METSOLA, EP President, Szymon HOŁOWNIA Marshal of the Sejm of the Republic of Poland, and Małgorzata KIDAWA-BŁOŃSKA, Marshal of the Senate of the Republic of Poland

Munich Security Conference 2025 - Spotlight Session on Venezuela with the participation of Roberta METSOLA, EP President and Edmundo GONZÁLEZ URRUTIA, President-elect of Venezuela and Sakharov Prize laureate 2024: opening statements

Roberta METSOLA, EP President participates at the Munich Security Conference 2025: atmosphere

Official visit by Roberta METSOLA, EP President to Israel and occupied Palestinian territories: meeting with families of hostages

Official visit by Roberta METSOLA, EP President to Israel and occupied Palestinian territories: extracts from the meeting with Hussein AL-SHEIKH, Secretary General of the Executive Committee of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO)

Official visit by Roberta METSOLA, EP President to Israel and occupied Palestinian territories: extracts from the meeting with Sakharov Prize Nominee Reem AL HAJAJRA , Director of Women of the Sun

Official visit by Roberta METSOLA, EP President to Israel and occupied Palestinian territories: meeting with Isaac HERZOG, President of Israel - Jerusalem

Official visit by Roberta METSOLA, EP President to Israel and occupied Palestinian territories: visit to the Site of the Nova Festival, in Re'im

Official visit by Roberta METSOLA, EP President to Israel and occupied Palestinian territories: crossing into Gaza, visit to the border-crossing point and the humanitarian operation station

Official visit by Roberta METSOLA, EP President to Israel and occupied Palestinian territories: meeting with Amir OHANA, Speaker of the Israeli Parliament (Knesset) and Gideon SA'AR, Israeli Minister for Foreign Affairs

One year after the murder of Alexei Navalny and the continued repression of the democratic opposition in Russia: extracts from the debate

Commission Work Programme 2025: closing statement by Maroš ŠEFČOVIČ, European Commissioner for Trade and Economic Security, and European Commissioner for Interinstitutional Relations and Transparency

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