Metsola has been an MEP since 2013 and a vice-president of the Parliament since 2020. The conservative lawmaker recently gained visibility by taking over from Sassoli, who was absent from the Chamber for several weeks due to illness.
Malta’s Roberta Metsola is the frontrunner in the 18 January election for European Parliament president, with no candidate from the S&D group and other political blocs putting forward feminist alternatives to contrast ‘anti-choice’ candidate
The plenary session will be marked by the commemoration for President David Sassoli. On the agenda of the plenary : election of the EP President, Digital Services Act, final vote on animal transport inquiry committee, the situation in Kazakhstan, the presentation of the programme of the French Presidency,.
It is mid-term election week at the European Parliament, with a new president to be announced on Tuesday, but not without paying tribute to the late p.