The new President of the European Parliament is Antonio Tajani
Antonio Tajani (EPP, IT) won Parliament’s presidential election with 351 votes in a final face-off with Gianni Pittella (S&D, IT), who secured 282 votes.
Outcome of the fourth ballot
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Antonio Tajani (EPP, IT) 351
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Gianni Pittella (S&D, IT) 282
Valid votes cast: 633
Abstentions: 80
Total votes cast: 713
No candidate won the required absolute majority of valid votes cast in the first three rounds of voting in Parliament’s presidential election on Tuesday.
Election of the Vice-presidents of Parliament 18 January – list of nominations received
The following nominations have been received:
Ryszard CZARNECKI
Ildikó GÁLL-PELCZ
Evelyne GEBHARDT
Sylvie GUILLAUME
Alexander Graf LAMBSDORFF
Bogusław LIBERADZKI
Ulrike LUNACEK
Mairead McGUINNESS
Dimitrios PAPADIMOULIS
Ioan Mircea PAŞCU
David-Maria SASSOLI
Indrek TARAND
Pavel TELICKA
Ramón Luis VALCÁRCEL SISO
Rainer WIELAND
The first ballot will take place tomorrow Wednesday 18 January at 09.00 a. m.
