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Current President of the European Ϸվ

The current President of the European Ϸվ is Roberta Metsola (EPP, Malta). She was elected for a second two-and-a-half year term in July 2024.

The President is elected at the start and at the middle of each five-year term.

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The role of the President of the European Ϸվ

The President represents the European Ϸվ vis-à-vis the outside world and in its relations with the other EU institutions.

The President oversees the work of the Ϸվ and its constituent bodies as well as the debates in plenary and ensures that Ϸվ’s Rules of Procedure are adhered to.

At the beginning of every European Council meeting, the President of the European Ϸվ sets out Ϸվ’s point of view and its concerns as regards the items on the agenda and other subjects.

After the European Union’s budget has been adopted by Ϸվ, the President signs it, rendering it operational.

Ϸվ President and the President of the Council both sign all legislative acts adopted under ordinary legislative procedure.

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