After the vote for the election of the President of the European Parliament, during the EP plenary session (16-19 January) in Strasbourg, Martin SCHULZ, EP President announces the results of the third ballot:&nbsp;719 votes cast, 29 invalid votes, 690 valid votes, Absolute majority: 346 votes. The results are: Forenza: 45 votes; Lambert: 35 votes; Pittella: 199 votes; Rebega: 44 votes; Stevens: 58 votes; Tajani: 291 votes. The third round being inconclusive, a fourth round will be held between the two candidates with the highest votes:&nbsp;Mr Tajani and&nbsp;Mr Pittella.

TAJANI, Antonio (EPP, IT)

Strasbourg

plenary session

STEVENS, Helga (ECR, BE)

vote

PITTELLA, Gianni (S&D, IT)

LAMBERT, Jean (Greens/EFA, UK)

REBEGA, Laurenţiu (ECR, RO)

SCHULZ, Martin (S&D, DE)

FORENZA, Eleonora (GUE/NGL, IT)

election of the President of the European Parliament (T)

Election of the President of the European Parliament: extracts from the vote, third ballot and extracts from the results of the third ballot

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SOUNDBITE (German), Martin SCHULZ, EP President,  We are now coming to the third round of voting. I haven't got any new candidate for the third round. The candidates from the second round remain candidates in the third round.

Antonio Tajani (EPP) and Martin Schulz (EP President) leaving the hemicycle together.

Manfred Weber (EPP) and Antonio Tajani (EPP) discussing.

Announcement of the results of the third round: 719 votes cast 29 invalid votes 690 valid votes Absolute majority: 346 votes  Forenza: 45 votes Lambert: 35 votes Pittella: 199 votes Rebega: 44 votes Stevens: 58 votes Tajani: 291 votes

SOUNDBITE (German), Martin SCHULZ, EP President,  As no candidate has achieved an absolute majority of the votes cast, this bring us to a fourth round. In line of article 16.1 of the Rules of Procedure, in the fourth round only the two candidates that got the highest votes in the third round will continue. So, according to the alphabetical order, that is Mr Pittella and Mr Tajani.