Malta’s Roberta Metsola elected EU parliament president
by Jennifer Rankin in Brussels from World news | The Guardian on (#5V4VS)
Conservative wins broad support despite anti-abortion views as she pledges to back views taken by parliament
A conservative Maltese lawyer who opposes abortion has been elected president of the European parliament, the first woman in 20 years to lead the assembly.
Roberta Metsola, who is celebrating her 43rd birthday on Tuesday, is the youngest-ever president of the European parliament, winning a comfortable majority to serve a two-and-a-half-year term.
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