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SUBJECT [July 4] David Sassoli elected as the new President of the European Parliament (EP); Turkish Council agrees to establish commerce houses in member states; Bulgaria and China lift bilateral ties to a strategic partnership
DATE 2019-07-04
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PHOTO: EP. David Sassoli, the new President of the European Parliament

 

On Wednesday, July 3rd, it was decided that David Sassoli, an Italian Member of the European Parliament, will lead the EP until January 2022 as he was elected president with 345 votes. He propelled a victory thanks to a recommendation from European Union leaders to put a Socialist at the helm of the legislature.

 

He went against Jan Zahradil and Ska Keller, whom received 160 votes and 119 votes respectively.

 

He is due to serve for two and a half year before passing the torch to a member of the center-right European People’s Party for the rest of the mandate.

 

Sassoli’s rise to power is unexpected. Candidates who had been expected to seek the European Parliament president did not run. EU leaders had floated the idea of Sergei Stanishev, a Bulgarian and the president of the Party of European Socialists, taking the Parliament presidency. Current job-holder Antonio Tajani and Belgian Member of the European Parliament Guy Verhofstadt also did not submit their candidacy.

 

In a brief addressed to the European Parliament immediately after the vote, President Sassoli thanked the 9th legislature MEPs for their confidence in him. He then said, “In these months, too many people have fueled divisions and conflicts that we thought were a sad reminder of our history. Instead, the citizens have shown that they still believe in this extraordinary path, the only one capable of providing answers to the global challenges before us.”

 

“We must have the strength to relaunch our integration process, changing our Union so to be able to respond more strongly to the needs of our citizens and give real answers to their concerns, to their increasingly widespread sense of loss.”

 

On Thursday, the Parliament will be electing 14 vice presidents and five quaestors, who look after financial and administrative matters.

 

http://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/press-room/20190627IPR55410/david-sassoli-elected-president-of-the-european-parliament

https://www.politico.eu/article/david-sassoli-elected-european-parliament-president/

 

 

 

 

PHOTO: EP. David Sassoli, the new President of the European Parliament

 

On Wednesday, July 3rd, it was decided that David Sassoli, an Italian Member of the European Parliament, will lead the EP until January 2022 as he was elected president with 345 votes. He propelled a victory thanks to a recommendation from European Union leaders to put a Socialist at the helm of the legislature.

 

He went against Jan Zahradil and Ska Keller, whom received 160 votes and 119 votes respectively.

 

He is due to serve for two and a half year before passing the torch to a member of the center-right European People’s Party for the rest of the mandate.

 

Sassoli’s rise to power is unexpected. Candidates who had been expected to seek the European Parliament president did not run. EU leaders had floated the idea of Sergei Stanishev, a Bulgarian and the president of the Party of European Socialists, taking the Parliament presidency. Current job-holder Antonio Tajani and Belgian Member of the European Parliament Guy Verhofstadt also did not submit their candidacy.

 

In a brief addressed to the European Parliament immediately after the vote, President Sassoli thanked the 9th legislature MEPs for their confidence in him. He then said, “In these months, too many people have fueled divisions and conflicts that we thought were a sad reminder of our history. Instead, the citizens have shown that they still believe in this extraordinary path, the only one capable of providing answers to the global challenges before us.”

 

“We must have the strength to relaunch our integration process, changing our Union so to be able to respond more strongly to the needs of our citizens and give real answers to their concerns, to their increasingly widespread sense of loss.”

 

On Thursday, the Parliament will be electing 14 vice presidents and five quaestors, who look after financial and administrative matters.

 

http://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/press-room/20190627IPR55410/david-sassoli-elected-president-of-the-european-parliament

https://www.politico.eu/article/david-sassoli-elected-european-parliament-president/

 

 

 

 

PHOTO: EP. David Sassoli, the new President of the European Parliament

 

On Wednesday, July 3rd, it was decided that David Sassoli, an Italian Member of the European Parliament, will lead the EP until January 2022 as he was elected president with 345 votes. He propelled a victory thanks to a recommendation from European Union leaders to put a Socialist at the helm of the legislature.

 

He went against Jan Zahradil and Ska Keller, whom received 160 votes and 119 votes respectively.

 

He is due to serve for two and a half year before passing the torch to a member of the center-right European People’s Party for the rest of the mandate.

 

Sassoli’s rise to power is unexpected. Candidates who had been expected to seek the European Parliament president did not run. EU leaders had floated the idea of Sergei Stanishev, a Bulgarian and the president of the Party of European Socialists, taking the Parliament presidency. Current job-holder Antonio Tajani and Belgian Member of the European Parliament Guy Verhofstadt also did not submit their candidacy.

 

In a brief addressed to the European Parliament immediately after the vote, President Sassoli thanked the 9th legislature MEPs for their confidence in him. He then said, “In these months, too many people have fueled divisions and conflicts that we thought were a sad reminder of our history. Instead, the citizens have shown that they still believe in this extraordinary path, the only one capable of providing answers to the global challenges before us.”

 

“We must have the strength to relaunch our integration process, changing our Union so to be able to respond more strongly to the needs of our citizens and give real answers to their concerns, to their increasingly widespread sense of loss.”

 

On Thursday, the Parliament will be electing 14 vice presidents and five quaestors, who look after financial and administrative matters.

 

http://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/press-room/20190627IPR55410/david-sassoli-elected-president-of-the-european-parliament

https://www.politico.eu/article/david-sassoli-elected-european-parliament-president/

 

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