January 11, 2022

Published by DPA European leaders paid warm tributes to the memory of the President of the European Parliament David Sassoli who died on Tuesday morning from a serious illness. He was 65. “Today is a sad day for Europe. Our Union loses a passionate European, a sincere democrat and a good man,” said European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen in a statement. European Economy Commissioner and fellow Italian, Paolo Gentiloni, said Sassoli was a generous and popular man who will be remembered as a “democratic leader and Europeanist.” In his time in office, Sassoli managed the European Parliament’s transitio…