Owasetyhini wokuqala kwiminyaka engama-20 wabiza uMongameli omtsha wePalamente ye-EU

Roberta Metsola, obesebenza njengelungu le IPalamente yaseYurophu I-Malta ukusukela ngo-2013, yabizwa ngokuba nguMongameli omtsha wePalamente ye-EU, olandela ipolitiki yase-Italiya uDavid Sassoli, owasweleka nge-11 kaJanuwari 2022.

Ngaphambi koko, uMetsola, 42, usebenze njengosekela mongameli wokuqala we IPalamente yaseYurophu ngexesha likaSassoli.

Kwividiyo ethunyelwe kuTwitter phambi konyulo lwakhe, uMetsola uthe “lixesha lokuba IPalamente yaseYurophu likhokelwa ngumfazi,” ngoko ke EU inokuthumela umyalezo okhuthazayo “kuyo yonke intombazana eselula” kwilizwekazi liphela.

Kwisithembiso sakhe kumapalamente, uMetsola uthe ufuna "ukuphinda abambe loo mvakalelo yethemba kunye nomdlandla" kwiprojekthi yaseYurophu, efuna ukunxibelelana nabemi abangaphaya "kwamaqamza" aseBrussels naseStrasbourg.

Xa wayengumfundi nje, uMetsola wakhankasela ukuba iMalta ijoyine EU, eyathi yayenza ngo-2004, yaba lelona lungu lincinane lebloc elinabemi abangaphezu nje kwama-500,000.

Phambi konyulo lukaMetsola, i EU IPalamente inoomongameli ababini kuphela ababhinqileyo, bobabini abasuka eFransi, ukusukela oko baba yindibano yonyulwa ngokuthe ngqo: uSimone Veil ukusuka ngo-1979 ukuya ku-1982 kunye noNicole Fontaine ukusuka ngo-1999 ukuya ku-2002.

Phambi komhla wokugqibela wonyulo ngentsimbi yesihlanu (5:4 GMT) ngoMvulo, abagqatswa abane, kuquka noMetsola, babeke amagama abo phambili. Woyisa uAlice Bah Kuhnke waseSweden, uKosma Zlotowski wasePoland, noSira Rego waseSpain.

Ulonyulo lwaqalwa kukusweleka kuka-Sassoli nge-11 kaJanuwari 2022, emva kokuba engeniswe esibhedlele enesifo senyumoniya esibangelwa yi-legionella kwaye wafumana “ingxaki enkulu ngenxa yokungasebenzi kakuhle kwamajoni omzimba.”