Roberta Metsola

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Roberta Metsola (2014)

Roberta Metsola (born 18 January 1979 in San Ġiljan ) is a Maltese politician from the Partit Nazzjonalista . She has been a Member of the European Parliament since April 2013 and President of the European Parliament since January 18, 2022 . She had previously been the First Vice-President of the European Parliament since November 2020 .

Life

Metsola earned a Doctor of Laws degree from the University of Malta and a Magister Artium from the College of Europe in Bruges . During her student days she was General Secretary of the European Democrat Students . She worked as an attachée for justice and home affairs at the Permanent Representation of Malta to the European Union and as a legal adviser at the European External Action Service . After two unsuccessful candidacies for the European Parliament in 2004 and 2009, she replaced Simon Busuttil on April 25, 2013to Parliament. She was re-elected to the European Parliament in the 2014 and 2019 European elections.

In November 2020, Metsola became the first vice-president of the European Parliament. She succeeded Mairead McGuinness , who had moved to the European Commission . Metsola was the first MP from Malta to be elected Vice-President. In December 2021, the Group of the European People's Party nominated Metsola as a candidate for the post of President of the European Parliament . She was to succeed David Sassoli , who, according to an agreement between the EPP and the Group of the Progressive Alliance of Social Democrats in the European Parliament , was to hand over the office to a Conservative politician for the remainder of the legislative period after two and a half years.

After Sassoli's death on January 11, 2022, Metsola took over the office of President of the European Parliament as its first Vice-President, acting until the planned election in the second half of January. Metsola is the third woman to hold the position, after Simone Veil and Nicole Fontaine . On January 18, 2022, the European Parliament elected her as the regular successor to the late Sassoli.

Video presentation (English)

Roberta Metsola is married and has four sons; she is catholic .

web links

Commons : Roberta Metsola  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

itemizations

  1. ↑ a b Roberta Metsola elected as First Vice-President of the European Parliament. In: europarl.europa.eu . 12 November 2020, accessed 11 January 2022 (English).
  2. ↑ Alwin Schröder: After the death of the President of the EU Parliament: Maltese MP Metsola initially takes over posts from Sassoli. In: Spiegel.de . January 11, 2022, retrieved January 11, 2022 . Holger Beckmann: EU Parliament President Sassoli: The legacy of a conflict-averse. In: tagesschau.de . Retrieved January 11, 2022 .
  3. ↑ New EU Parliament President comes from Malta. In: DiePresse.com . 15 December 2021, retrieved 11 January 2022 .
  4. ↑ Burkhard Jürgens: Catholic is at the head of the EU Parliament. In: www.katholisch.de. January 18, 2022, retrieved January 18, 2022 .
personal data
SURNAME Metsola, Roberta
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Maltese politician, MEP
BIRTH DATE January 18, 1979
PLACE OF BIRTH San Ġiljan