On Monday 15 July, the eve of the elections, the European Parliament’s political groups put forward a number of candidates for the Presidency and Vice-Presidency of the European Parliament.
Only The Left group put forward the name of Irene Montero from Spain to compete with the candidate from the European People’s Party group, the Maltese Christian Democrat Roberta Metsola. She is due to be reappointed for a two-and-a-half-year term as President of the European Parliament.
The absence...