EU parliament president election ban

Seven candidates have officially signed Monday for the presidency of the European Parliament.

To 9. 00 candidates give a short presentation, the first secret ballot. If that does not yield winner with an absolute majority, there will be 13 to 00 hours a second round, and so need to 17. 00 pm a third.

then if still no one has an absolute majority, then, the two candidates with the most votes by a fourth round Tuesday at 20. 00. In this final just count the most votes.

It is expected that one of the candidates from the main political groups: the Christian Democrat Antonio Tajani (63) of the EPP and the Socialist Gianni Pittella (58) of the S \u0026 amp; D, both Italians.

If outsiders funds Guy Verhofstadt, the liberal former Prime Minister of Belgium, and his compatriot Helga Stevens of the Conservatives and Reformists.