David Sassoli Elected European Parliament President

Italian former journalist David Sassoli has been selected as the new president of the European Parliament.

Sassoli won 345 votes in the second round of balloting. Jan Zahradil won 160 votes and Ska Keller 119.

He is due to serve for two and a half years — half the parliamentary term — before passing the torch to a member of the center-right European People's Party for the rest of the mandate.

By Ana Dumbadze 

03 July 2019 16:39