Ireland’s Emily O'Reilly was re-elected as EU Ombudsman on Wednesday 18 December after a tight third round against Franco-Estonian Julia Laffranque. The Irish woman obtained 320 votes against 280 for the other candidate out of 600 votes cast.
In the second round, the two women came out on top, ahead of Italy's Giuseppe Fortunato (58 votes) and Sweden's Cecilia Wikström (38 votes). Latvian Nils Muižnieks, who finished 5th in the first round on Tuesday 17 December, withdrew his...