It only took two ballots for MEPs to elect Italian Social Democrat David Maria Sassoli as head of the European Parliament on Wednesday morning, 3 July.
After a first round of voting against Ska Keller, Greens/EFA candidate, Sira Rego, GUE/NGL candidate, and Jan Zahradil, ECR group, the Italian candidate obtained an absolute majority of votes, with 345 votes in favour (the majority was set at 334), followed by the Czech Conservative, with 160 votes, then the German Greens/EFA, with 119 votes...