Italy's Sassoli elected new president of EU Parliament

World July 03, 2019, 14:24

At Wednesday’s Parliament session Sassoli racked up 345 MEP votes

STRASBOURG, July 3. /TASS/. Italian Member of the European Parliament (MEP) David-Maria Sassoli has been elected the new President of the European Parliament.

At Wednesday’s Parliament session he racked up 345 MEP votes. The overall number of registered ballots was 667.