Watch: New European Parliament president elected
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Your support makes all the difference.Watch as the European Parliament met to elect its president and vice-presidents at a plenary session in Strasbourg on Tuesday, 16 July.
Maltese MEP Roberta Metsola, who was been predicted to secure a second term unchallenged, was re-elected to the role.
Though Spain's Irene Montero also stood, her bid for election was symbolic and unlikely to disrupt Ms Metsola's position.
Ms Metsola is the youngest person to have been elected to the position at 43 years old; she took over in 2022 after former president David Sassoli died.
She is the first Maltese person and the first woman in two decades to take on the role.
It comes as the new Parliament is set to vote in a secret ballot whether to approve Ursula von der Leyen as the European Council's chosen candidate for President of the European Commission.
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