(ANSA) - ROME, JUL 16 - The parties of Italy's ruling
coalition were united on Tuesday in voting for European
Parliament President Roberta Metsola being re-elected.
Deputy Premier and Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani's Forza
Italia (FI) party belongs to Metsola's European People's Party
(EPP) while the majority of the ECR MEPs also voted for the
Maltese politician, including those from Premier Giorgia
Meloni's right-wing Brothers of Italy (FdI) party.
Deputy Premier and Transport Minister Matteo Salvini's League
did likewise even though the Patriots for Europe group it
belongs to in is the opposition at the EU level. (ANSA).