BRUSSELS, Jan 18 — Maltese lawmaker Roberta Metsola secured overwhelming support to become president of the European Parliament today, making her the first woman to hold the post for 20 years.
Metsola, of the centre-right European People’s Party , defeated two other female candidates, winning 458 of the 616 validly cast votes in the first round, meaning no run-off rounds - normal practice for the presidency election - were required. Metsola, who turned 43 on Tuesday, said in a campaign message on Twitter that it was time for the assembly to be led by a woman and that it should connect with EU citizens beyond the “bubbles” of Brussels and Strasbourg where it meets.
The European Parliament, which adopts and amends legislative proposals and decides on the EU budget, has had only two female presidents, Simone Veil and Nicole Fontaine, both French, since it became a directly elected assembly in 1979.
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