4 candidates apply for post of European Parliament head

Four candidates from Germany, Spain, Italy and the Czech Republic apply for the post of head of the European Parliament. This is reported on the EP website.

Among the candidates there are two women – Ska Keller representative of the Group of the Greens/European Free Alliance fraction (Germany) and Sira Rego, who represents the Confederal Group of the European United Left – Nordic Green Left (Spain).

In addition, among the candidates there are David-Maria Sassoli, who is a representative of the Group of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats in the European Parliament (Italy) and the nominee of the European Conservatives and Reformists Group fraction, the Czech politician Jan Zahradil.

Earlier, The Journalist reported that European Council proposes appointing Spanish Foreign Minister instead of Mogherini.