On Saturday afternoon, despite some technical difficulties with the election equipment, Returning Officers Daniel Obst (FDP, Germany) and Mark Valladares (Liberal Democrats, UK) were able to announce the winners of the two contests as follows:
President
- Sir Graham Watson MEP (Liberal Democrats, UK) – 377 votes (91%)
Vice-Presidents
- Lousewies van der Laan (D66, Netherlands) – 389 votes (98%)
- Marc Guerrero i Tarragó (Convergencia, Catalonia) – 378 votes (95%)
- Olle Schmidt MEP (Folkpartiet, Sweden) – 348 votes (87%)
- Karin Riis-Jørgensen (Venstre, Denmark) – 339 votes (85%)
- Alexander Graf Lambsdorff MEP (FDP, Germany) – 291 votes (73%)
Niccolo Rinaldi (Italia dei Valore, Italy), with 230 votes (58%) was the unsuccessful candidate.
Each of the above-named will serve a two-year term from 1 January 2014.
* Mark Valladares is a member of the ALDE Party Council and is Liberal Democrat Voice’s somewhat erratic Europe correspondent.
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Catalonia is in Spain?
@CP Catalonia regards itself as a nation and so should we
Euan — sounds good, but:
“Sir Graham Watson MEP (Liberal Democrats, UK)”
“Marc Guerrero i Tarragó (Convergencia, Catalonia)”
Oddly discordant, don’t you think?