Strasbourg, 02/07/2014 (Agence Europe) - On Tuesday 1 July, the Socialists and Democrats Group (S&D) in the European Parliament elected Gianni Pittella (Italy) as its leader by a large majority. Pittella called for correction to the “imbalance between the EU's status as an economic giant but a political dwarf”. “We must have the courage to overcome our own egos and work together” because only by cooperating can “the urgent problems such as the recent immigration tragedies in...