Electing the European Parliament's President
At a Glance
10-01-2017
At the January plenary sitting, the European Parliament (EP) is due to elect its 30th President, to hold the office until the next European parliamentary elections, due in 2019. The President has an important and increasingly visible function in the EU institutional and international setting, mirroring the influential role of the Parliament as a shaper of EU policies and co-legislator.
At a Glance
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- election
- electoral procedure and voting
- EU institutions and European civil service
- EUROPEAN UNION
- parliamentary proceedings
- parliamentary sitting
- political group (EP)
- POLITICS
- politics and public safety
- President of the EP
- Quaestor of the EP
- rules of procedure
- secret ballot
- simple majority
- Vice-President of the EP