EU Parliament president David Sassoli has died: Spokesman

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STRASBOURG, FRANCE - The president of the European Parliament, Mr David Sassoli, died early Tuesday in hospital in Italy, his spokesman said on Twitter.

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for more than two weeks due to a dysfunction of his immune system.

"David Sassoli passed away at 1.15 am on 11 January at the CRO in Aviano, Italy, where he was hospitalised," his spokesman Roberto Cuillo tweeted."The date and place of the funeral will be communicated in the next few hours." The former television newsreader had been in hospital since Dec 26 due to"a serious complication due to a dysfunction of the immune system," Mr Cuillo had said on Monday, announcing the cancellation of Mr Sassoli’s official activities.The European Parliament sits for a five-year term between elections, but the president of the body serves for half that time.He was born on May 30, 1956, in Florence, Italy.

He was a member of the centre-left Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats, the second-biggest grouping in the Parliament after the centre-right European People’s Party.His arrival in the chamber was traditionally announced in Italian as"Il Presidente". Unlike some EU officials, who speak in English and French in public appearances, Mr Sassoli had made a point of using Italian.More On This Topic

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