On the 18th of January 2022 in Strasbourg, Roberta METSOLA (EPP, MT) is elected as the new President of the European Parliament. The leaders of the political groups react.

Strasbourg

WEBER, Manfred (EPP, DE)

FITTO, Raffaele (ECR, IT)

LAMBERTS, Philippe (Greens/EFA, BE)

METSOLA, Roberta (EPP, MT, EP President)

GARCÍA PÉREZ, Iratxe (S&D, ES)

ZANNI, Marco (ID, IT)

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SCHIRDEWAN, Martin (The Left, DE)

SÉJOURNÉ, Stéphane (Renew, FR)

Election of the President of Parliament - Statements reactions by the political groups

SOUNDBITE (German), Manfred WEBER (EPP, DE), EPP group leader, -

SOUNDBITE (Spanish), Iratxe GARC&#205;A P&#201;REZ (S&amp;D, ES), S&amp;D group leader, -

SOUNDBITE (French), St&#233;phane S&#201;JOURN&#201; (Renew, FR), Renew group leader, -

SOUNDBITE (French), Philippe LAMBERTS (Greens/EFA, BE), Co-president of Greens/EFA group, -

SOUNDBITE (Italian), Marco ZANNI (ID, IT), Leader of ID group, -

SOUNDBITE (Italian), Raffaele FITTO (ECR, IT), Co-president of ECR group, -

SOUNDBITE (German), Martin SCHIRDEWAN (The Left, DE), Co-president of The Left group, -