The newly elected Vice-President replaces Eva Kaili (NA, EL) as the fifth VP in the Parliament’s Bureau. |
On Wednesday, in a secret vote, Marc ANGEL (S&D, LU) received an absolute majority of votes cast and was elected to the office of European Parliament Vice-President, following two rounds of voting. First ballot result MEPs voting: 648 Abstentions: 93 Valid votes cast: 555 Absolute majority of votes cast needed to be elected: 278 Marc ANGEL (S&D, LU) 263 Gwendoline DELBOS-CORFIELD (Greens/EFA, FR) 113 Annalisa TARDINO (ID, IT) 179 Second ballot result MEPs voting: 645 Abstentions: 55 Valid votes cast: 590 Absolute majority of votes cast needed to be elected: 296 Marc ANGEL (S&D, LU) 307 Gwendoline DELBOS-CORFIELD (Greens/EFA, FR) 98 Annalisa TARDINO (ID, IT) 185 |