Vaktaal verklaard. Wat zijn de taken van de voorzitter van het Europees Parlement?

Wat zijn de taken van de voorzitter van het Europees Parlement?

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

EP Plenary session - Voting session

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, 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 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 metts 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 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

METSOLA, Roberta (EPP, MT, EP President)

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