Pavel + 384 PP July 3, 2019 The European Parliament elected Italian socialist lawmaker David Sassoli on Wednesday as its speaker for the next 2-1/2 years, completing the round of appointments for the bloc’s top jobs after EU elections in May. Sassoli, a 63-year-old former journalist from Florence, has been a lawmaker in the EU parliament for a decade. He replaces another Italian politician, conservative Antonio Tajani, who had been speaker since 2017. Sassoli’s election to the predominantly ceremonial role followed Tuesday’s decision by the bloc’s 28 governments to appoint German conservative Ursula Von der Leyen as European Commission president and France’s Christine Lagarde as European Central Bank head. In his inaugural speech, Sassoli urged Europeans to counter the “virus” of extreme nationalism and called for a reform of EU rules on migration and political asylum. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
francoba + 93 fb July 3, 2019 Interestingly, everything is happening in the moment when Italy dodges EU budget discipline.. so, he already has the first task... 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pinto + 293 PZ July 3, 2019 8 minutes ago, francoba said: Interestingly, everything is happening in the moment when Italy dodges EU budget discipline.. so, he already has the first task... Another one is refugee problem, or as it is now popular to say - migrants. The EU did not do enough to help Italy with this problem? Or, maybe yes? They have helped ultranacinalists to come on the power... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
damirUSBiH + 327 DD July 3, 2019 Obviously, the route has changed : 8500 migrants/refugees arrived to the Balkan countries this year, more than Spain and Italy One in three are children More than 5000 people currently staying in Bosnia and Herzegovina.. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
50 shades of black + 254 July 3, 2019 Too much challenges are in front of the EU ... Italian comes in turbulent time. The EU concept today is weaker than year ago, weaker than week ago ... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pavel + 384 PP July 3, 2019 5 minutes ago, 50 shades of black said: Too much challenges are in front of the EU ... Italian comes in turbulent time. The EU concept today is weaker than year ago, weaker than week ago ... I agree . The EU is on the scale ... the hook. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rainman + 263 July 3, 2019 One important note: Christine Lagarde is now the head of the ECB because EU knows exactly what is round the corner. They are in the big financial gap. Still money printing, Italy in perma-recession, no way out, Greece always close to recession. Weak growth ... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ronwagn + 6,290 July 3, 2019 9 hours ago, pinto said: Another one is refugee problem, or as it is now popular to say - migrants. The EU did not do enough to help Italy with this problem? Or, maybe yes? They have helped ultranacinalists to come on the power... What is ultra-nationalist about not allowing in illegal immigrants?! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
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