Electing the European Parliament’s President

Author (Person)	Kotanidis, Silvia
Author (Corporate)	European Parliament: European Parliamentary Research Service
Publisher	European Parliament
Series Title	EPRS At a Glance
Series Details	PE 698.863
Publication Date	January 2022
Content Type	Overview
	Summary: The President has an important and increasingly visible function in the EU institutional and international setting, mirroring the influential role of the Parliament as shaper of EU policies and as co-legislator. Further information: The most recent version of this publication was released in January 2022, ahead of a new election for the Presidency of the European Parliament. Previous updates were published in June 2019 and January 2017 (which can be found under Related Links).
Source Link	Primary Source https://www.europarl.europa.eu/thinktank/en/document/EPRS_ATA(2022)698863
Related Links	Commentary and Analysis Wikipedia: President of the European Parliament https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_of_the_European_Parliament Official Official Website of the President of the European Parliament https://the-president.europarl.europa.eu/en/ EPRS: At a Glance, January 2017: Electing the European Parliament's President https://www.europarl.europa.eu/thinktank/en/document/EPRS_ATA(2017)595872 EPRS: At a Glance, June 2019: Electing the European Parliament's President https://www.europarl.europa.eu/thinktank/en/document/EPRS_ATA(2019)637960
Subject Categories	Politics and International Relations
Subject Tags	European Parliament
International Organisations	European Union [EU]