Roberta Metsola has been reappointed as president of the European Parliament. 

The vote by fellow MEPs means the Maltese politician is poised to become one of the longest-serving presidents in the parliament's history.

ARTE takes a look at Metsola's rise, her achievements in her first term as EP president and what prompted MEPs to grant her a second term.  

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