Roberta Metsola has been elected president of the European Parliament, the highest international post ever held by a Maltese national, by a landslide.  
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Roberta Metsola, a Christian Democrat from Malta, was elected president of the European Union s parliament Tuesday, putting women in three of the four biggest jobs in the 27-nation bloc.
Today (18 January), MEPs elected Roberta Metsola (pictured) (EPP, MT) as president of the European Parliament until 2024, with 458 votes in the first round, Plenary session. 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, […]