epa03063535 Martin Schulz, the newly elected President of the European Parliament speaks to the MPs in Strasbourg, France, 17 January 2012. The European Union’s legislature elected German Socialist Martin Schulz as its new president, as part of a routine deal between the European Parliament?s two largest political groups to share its top post. Schulz replaces …
epa03063535 Martin Schulz, the newly elected President of the European Parliament speaks to the MPs in Strasbourg, France, 17 January 2012. The European Union’s legislature elected German Socialist Martin Schulz as its new president, as part of a routine deal between the European Parliament?s two largest political groups to share its top post. Schulz replaces former Polish prime minister Jerzy Buzek of the European People’s Party – the group with the most EU lawmakers – who led the legislature for the first two-and-a-half years of its 2009-14 term. Schulz will lead the assembly until the next election in 2014. EPA/PATRICK SEEGER +++(c) dpa – Bildfunk+++