European leaders paid unanimous tribute on Tuesday 11 January to the President of the European Parliament, David Sassoli, who died at the age of 65 on Monday night in hospital, where he had been since the end of December, in Aviano (Italy).
Mr Sassoli was previously hospitalised last autumn for pneumonia which kept him away from the European Parliament for several weeks. His frail health and the lack of a majority for a potential Social-Democrat candidate helped convince him in...