Strasbourg, 14/07/2009 (Agence Europe) - Following a first round of voting on Tuesday 14 July, the European Parliament elected its first three Deputy Presidents: Italian PD MEP Gianni Pittella (S-D), Greek EPP MEP Rodi Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou and Greek Socialist MEP Stavros Lambrinidis. A second round of voting was underway as we went to press to complete the list of 14 Deputy Presidents.
The candidates received the following votes in the first round (required majority 343 votes): Gianni...