Vice President of the European Parliament

Former Ombudsman and runner-up in Serbia's April 2 presidential elections, Sasa Jankovic will meet European Parliament officials and ask for their help against what he calls "anti-European processes" in Serbia.  

Key EPP MEP and former EU Commissioner Antonio Tajani is the new European Parliament President after a vote held on Tuesday.

Parliament’s President will be elected in a fourth and last ballot between the two best scoring candidates in the third ballot: Antonio Tajani (EPP, IT) and Gianni Pittella (S&D, IT). The vote will start at 20.00. The new President will be announced in plenary session at around 21.30.

In the wake of the wikileaks IMF scandal, Vice President of the European Parliament Dimitrios Papadimoulis sent a letter to the body’s President Martin Schulz, all the EP political group leaders, except Marine Le Pen’s group, and the task force assigned with overseeing the Greek economic program calling for a clear stance against attempts to undermine the implementation of the reform