(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).