FRENCH PRESIDENT MACRON UNVEIL THE EUPF’s ROAD MAP IN STRASBOURG

UNDER THE VEHEMENCE OF THE FRENCH MEPS

Responsible Author: Jedi Foster, Rahma Sophia RACHDI | Paris, Washington DC, 01/19/2022, 20:36 Time

USPA NEWS - French president Emmanuel Macron, presented to the European Parliament on Wednesday morning his plans for the rotating presidency of the European Union (EUPF), which France exercises until June 30. After a speech of about twenty minutes, he answered questions from MEPs, questioned in particular by Yannick Jadot, ( Ecologist, the Green Party, Candidate for Presidency 2022) and Marion Aubry (MPE Far left, LFI, La France Insoumise). This is a traditional speech to mark the kick off of the rotating presidency of the EU, which France exercises until June 30.We publish the opening statement addressed by President Macron, in Strasbourg’s European Parliament. He announced that the right to abortion and the protection of the environment be integrated into the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union. He also defended the project of a New Order of Security and Stability and invited the European Union to resume a dialogue with Russia to find a solution to the crisis on the Ukrainian border. Although President Macron masters European Union issues, since his 2017 mandate, he has been very jostled by the French MEPs, some of whom are candidates for the 2022 Presidential election.

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MALTESE MEP ROBERTA MESTOLA ELECTED AS PRESIDENT OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT

WTIH 458 VOTES IN 1ST ROUND

Responsible Author: Jedi Foster, Rahma Sophia RACHDI | Paris, Washington DC, 01/19/2022, 15:08 Time

USPA NEWS - Last Tuesday 18 Janvier, MEPs elected Roberta Metsola (EPP, MT) as President of the European Parliament until 2024, with 458 votes in the first round. Roberta Metsola won the election in the first voting round, where she received an absolute majority of 458 votes out of 690 cast in the remote secret vote,among three candidates. At the beginning of the day’s proceedings, Kosma Zlotowski (ECR, PL) withdrew his candidacy, bringing the number of candidates down to three.
President Metsola will lead the Parliament in the second half of the current legislative term, until a new Parliament is constituted following the 2024 European Elections.

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