On Wednesday 26 June, the S&D group in the European Parliament elected nine Vice Presidents and a treasurer: the previous day it had re-elected the Spaniard Iratxe Garcia Perez to the role of President for at least 2.5 years.
According to Italian MEP Brando Benifei, the Italian S&D faction, which sent 21 MEPs after 9 June, could claim the second part of the group presidency or even the presidency of the European Parliament, as he indicated on X.
The (Italian) Democratic Party “will...