Roberta Metsola

Roberta Metsola was elected president of the European Parliament in January 2022, becoming the youngest ever person to occupy the role. In July 2024, she was re-elected to lead the institution.

President Metsola has been vocal and firm in Europe’s support to Ukraine following Russia’s invasion. As president, she has led reforms towards a more modern, efficient and accountable European Parliament.

President Metsola prioritises reaching out to EU member states and candidate countries, meeting people and visiting schools on the ground, and taking the message of Europe to cities, towns and villages.

She was first elected to the European Parliament in 2013, as one of Malta’s first women MEPs. President Metsola was the parliament’s rapporteur on the European Border and Coastguard Regulation and co-authored its own-initiative report on protecting journalists in the EU from strategic lawsuits against public participation (SLAPPs).

Prior to her election as a MEP, president Metsola served within the Permanent Representation of Malta to the EU and as the legal adviser to the Union’s high representative for foreign affairs and security policy.

In her student years, she campaigned for Malta’s EU membership and she credits the referendum on Malta’s accession to the EU as the catalyst for her political career at a young age.

Professionally she is a lawyer 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.