The role of the president. Rotation of the European Parliament presidency (from a president out of the Socialist Group to a president from the EPP) will not essentially change the course of this function. Presidents-in-office must represent the whole Assembly and not just the majority that elected them to the post. This, you will say, is quite natural. But it is not always the case in national parliaments, where presidents sometimes take “partisan” positions. I cannot remember a single...