(ANSA-AFP) - STRASBOURG, JAN 11 - The president of the
European Parliament, David Sassoli, died early Tuesday in
hospital in Italy, his spokesman said on Twitter. The
65-year-old Italian had been seriously ill in hospital for more
than two weeks due to a dysfunction of his immune system. "David
Sassoli passed away at 1.15 am on 11 January at the CRO in
Aviano, Italy, where he was hospitalized," his spokesman Roberto
Cuillo tweeted. "The date and place of the funeral will be
communicated in the next few hours." The former television
newsreader had been in hospital since December 26 due to "a
serious complication due to a dysfunction of the immune system,"
Cuillo had said on Monday, announcing the cancellation of
Sassoli's official activities. Sassoli was previously admitted
with pneumonia for several weeks last September. The European
Parliament sits for a five-year term between elections, but the
president of the body serves for half that time. (ANSA-AFP).
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