Strasbourg, 16 July 2024 (dpa/MIA) - The European Parliament on Tuesday elected Roberta Metsola for another term as its president.

The vote to re-elect Metsola for another two-and-a-half years took place in the first sitting of the EU legislature's new term at the parliament's seat in the eastern French city of Strasbourg.

Metsola is the third woman to hold the office.

EU lawmakers were expected to back Metsola, a Maltese member of the centre-right European People's Party (EPP), after the EPP won 188 seats in the European elections in June.

Metsola was first elected president of the parliament on January 18, 2022 as the successor to the Italy's David Sassoli, who died in office. She has been a member of the parliament since 2013.

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