President of European Parliament Roberta Metsola visit

I was delighted to meet President Roberta Metsola at an event held in Speaker’s House hosted by Mr Speaker Sir Lindsey Hoyle MP on 25 February 2026.

Roberta Metsola was elected President of the European Parliament in January 2022, becoming the youngest ever person to occupy this role. In July 2024, she was re-elected to lead the institution for another term, as only the second person and first woman to serve as President for two terms.

President Metsola has been very vocal and firm in Europe’s support to Ukraine, following Russia’s brutal invasion. On 1st April 2022, she became the first President of an institution of the European Union to visit Ukraine since the start of the war. As President of the European Parliament, she has led reforms towards a Parliament, which is more modern, efficient and accountable.

She was first elected to the European Parliament in 2013, becoming one of Malta’s first female Members of the European Parliament. President Metsola was re-elected in 2014 and then again in 2019 and 2024.

Professionally she is a lawyer who has specialised in European law and politics. She completed an Erasmus exchange in France and graduated from the University of Malta and the College of Europe in Bruges.