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Roberta Metsola is first woman to lead assembly in 20 years

Roberta Metsola was elected president of the European Parliament on Tuesday, winning an absolute majority in a landslide vote. The Maltese MEP won 458 votes in

Roberta Metsola was elected president of the European Parliament on Tuesday, winning an absolute majority in a landslide vote. The Maltese MEP won 458 votes in

Metsola has been an MEP since 2013 and a vice-president of the Parliament since 2020. The conservative lawmaker recently gained visibility by taking over from Sassoli, who was absent from the Chamber for several weeks due to illness.

In an interview with Euronews, the newly elected President of the European Parliament vowed to respect the hemicycles majority opinion on abortion.

In Strasbourg, Members of the European Parliament elected on January 18 Conservative Maltese MEP Roberta Metsola as President until 2024, with 458 votes in the first round. Metsola won the election in the first voting round, where she received an absolute majority of 458 votes out of 690 cast in

Malta’s Roberta Metsola is the frontrunner in the 18 January election for European Parliament president, with no candidate from the S&D group and other political blocs putting forward feminist alternatives to contrast ‘anti-choice’ candidate

The European Parliament is widely expected to elect conservative Maltese lawmaker Roberta Metsola as its president on Tuesday, making her the EU assembly's first woman president in 20 years.

Two new stations in Paris’s metro network were inaugurated this week, and both named after women who have contributed to the history

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