“Loss of a great European”: EU Parliament President David Sassoli is dead – politics

The news came in the middle of the night: The President of the European Parliament, David Sassoli, is dead. He died on Tuesday at 1:15 a.m. in the Centro di Riferimento Oncologico in Aviano, a clinic in the northeastern Italian region of Friuli Venezia Giulia, said EU Parliament speaker Roberto Cuillo of the German Press Agency.

The native of Florence was 65 years old. Early in the morning, the first politicians expressed their condolences.

EU Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen ruled in dismay at Sassoli’s death. “I am deeply saddened by the terrible loss of a great European and a proud Italian,” wrote the German politician on Twitter. “David Sassoli was a sensitive journalist, an excellent President of the European Parliament and, first and foremost, a good friend.” Her thoughts were with Sassoli’s family. In Italian she added: “Rest in peace, dear David!”

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