Mourning in the EU: President of the European Parliament Sassoli has passed away

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David Sassoli, president of the European Parliament (EP), died on Tuesday as a result of a serious illness, EP spokesman Roberto Cuillo said.

According to Roberto Cuillo’s Twitter message, Sassoli died at a hospital in Aviano, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy, at 1:15 a.m. on Tuesday. The date and place of the funeral will be announced in the coming hours, he wrote.

The Cabinet of the President of the European Parliament announced on Monday that the President of the European Parliament had been hospitalized in Italy on 26th December in serious medical condition. He needed treatment because of serious complications due to a malfunction of his immune system, they said. At that time, all its official programs were canceled.

This is not the first time Sassoli has been hospitalized for health problems.

The EP president was taken to a hospital in Strasbourg in September for severe pneumonia. At that time, the politician was unable to perform his duties for more than two months.

David Sassoli was born on May 30th, 1956 in Florence.

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3 Comments

  1. Good riddance to bad rubbish. The likes of him will not be missed for one microsecond by those Europeans who value national sovereignty over domination by the so-called E.U. Parliament and bureaucrats in Brussels.

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