Strasbourg: European Parliament President David Sassoli has died in Italy, officials said on Tuesday.
He was 65.
He was hospitalized in Italy.
"The @EP_President David Sassoli passed away at 1.15 am on 11 January at the CRO in Aviano( PN), Italy, where he was hospitalized. The date and place of the funeral will be communicated in the next few hours," tweeted his spokesman Roberto Cuillo.
Roberto Cuillo on Monday said the President has been hospitalized since Dec 26 because of a serious complication due to a dysfunction of the immune system.
Support Our Journalism
We cannot do without you.. your contribution supports unbiased journalism
IBNS is not driven by any ism- not wokeism, not racism, not skewed secularism, not hyper right-wing or left liberal ideals, nor by any hardline religious beliefs or hyper nationalism. We want to serve you good old objective news, as they are. We do not judge or preach. We let people decide for themselves. We only try to present factual and well-sourced news.