Malta's Metsola reelected as EU Parliament president

Roberta Metsola was re-elected to a second term as president of the European Parliament on Tuesday. The Maltese conservative won 90% of the vote, the largest margin since direct elections to the parliament began in 1979.

The decisive victory came despite criticism in the run-up to the vote over her record on preventing abortion access in Malta. With 562 votes in her favor, she resoundingly beat her left-wing rival Irene Montero of Spain, who garnered only 61 votes. Some 76 ballots were left blank.