The President of the European Parliament, David Sassoli, He has been hospitalized for two weeks for “serious” complications after a dysfunction of his immune system, his spokesman said Monday. Roberto Cuillo, who advanced that all his upcoming activities have been canceled.
“The President of the European Parliament, David Sassoli, has been in the hospital in Italy since December 26. The hospitalization was necessary for a serious complication due to a dysfunction in his immune system. As a result, all official activities of the president have been canceled“his spokesman said in a statement.
Despite the fact that the 65-year-old Italian Social Democrat has more than two weeks admitted, this information had not transpired until today.
Sassoli contracted pneumonia last September that forced him to enter a hospital in Strasbourg (France) to obtain treatment and, although he was discharged a week later, he continued his recovery in his native country and was absent for more than two months from the plenary sessions at the October and November meetings, as well as from the European summit October.
Sassoli returned to direct a plenary session of the European Parliament in November, when thanked the vice presidents, group leaders and secretariat of the institution that will continue with the parliamentary work in his absence from mid-September.
The European Parliament will elect a new president next week in its plenary session in Strasbourg, although the replacement has nothing to do with the Italian’s state of health and it was planned to have reached the halfway point of the legislature. The popular Maltese Roberta Metsola She is the favorite to take over.
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