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

Extraordinary meeting of the Conference of Presidents in presence of Mario DRAGHI, special adviser to the President of the Commission on the future of European Competitiveness: arrivals and roundtable

Roberta METSOLA, EP President participates to the Informal Meeting of Heads of State or Government in Budapest (Hungary): arrival, doorstep and roundtable

Informal meeting of Heads of State and Government in Budapest, Hungary

Doorstep by Roberta METSOLA, President of the European Parliament at Informal Meeting of Heads of State or Government in Budapest, Hungary

Roberta METSOLA, EP President, participates to the Meeting of the European Political Community, in Budapest (Hungary): Family photo, bilateral meetings with Jakov MILATOVIĆ, President of Montenegro and Vjosa OSMANI, President of Kosovo

Roberta METSOLA, EP President, participates to the Meeting of the European Political Community, in Budapest (Hungary): arrival, doorstep and roundtable

Roberta METSOLA, EP President, participates to the Meeting of the European Political Community, in Budapest (Hungary): arrival and doorstep

Meeting of the European Political Community in Budapest, Hungary

Roberta METSOLA, EP President meets with Elisa SPIROPALI, Speaker of the Albanian Parliament

Roberta METSOLA, EP President meets with Eric NUSSBAUMER, President of the National Council of Switzerland

Santander International Banking Conference 2024 - Madrid - Participation of Roberta METSOLA, EP President to the exchange on "Growth in a Disrupted World"

Official visit by Roberta METSOLA, EP President to Madrid (Spain) - Participation to the Santander International Banking Conference 2024: arrival and extracts from the exchange - "Growth in a Disrupted World"

Santander International Banking Conference 2024 - Madrid (Spain) - Participation of Roberta METSOLA, EP President to the exchange on "Growth in a Disrupted World"

Tribute to the victims of the floods in Spain: Spanish and European flags at half-mast in Brussels and Strasbourg

Official visit by Roberta METSOLA, EP President: statement by Roberta METSOLA, EP President on the floods in Spain

Visit by Roberta METSOLA, EP President to Malta: extracts from the visit to the National Archives

Visit by Roberta METSOLA, EP President to Malta: extracts from the meeting with secondary school students at San Andrea School

Visit by Roberta METSOLA, EP President to Malta: extracts from the meeting with secondary school students at the Archbishop's Minor Seminary

Visit by Roberta METSOLA, EP President to Malta: extracts from the visit to Lufthansa Technik Malta

Official visit by Roberta METSOLA, EP President to Rome - Private audience of Roberta METSOLA, EP President with His Holiness Pope FRANCIS: arrivals and extracts from the meeting

Commemoration of the 70th Anniversary of the passing of Alcide de Gasperi: address by Roberta METSOLA, EP President

Commemoration of the 70th Anniversary of the passing of Alcide de Gasperi: welcome speech by Lorenzo FONTANA, President of the Italian Chamber of Deputies

Official visit by Roberta METSOLA, EP President to Rome - Participation to the commemoration of the 70th Anniversary of the passing of Alcide De Gasperi: arrival and statement

Official visit by Roberta METSOLA, EP President to Rome - Meeting with Giorgia MELONI, Italian Prime Minister: arrival, welcome and roundtable

Announcement of the Sakharov Prize 2024 laureate

María Corina Machado and Edmundo González Urrutia awarded 2024 Sakharov Prize: roundtable at the Conference of Presidents and extracts from the announcement of the laureate

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