EU parliament elects Polish leader Jerzy Buzek
Jerzy Buzek, the former prime minister of Poland, has been elected as president of the European parliament, becoming the assembly's first leader from the former eastern bloc. The 69-year-old won the backing of 555 members of the the 736-member assembly on Tuesday, as the parliament in Strasbourg, France began its first session of a new five-year term.
"This is a symbolic day. I consider my election to be a signal for our countries", Buzek said in reference to eastern European nations that joined the EU in 2004. "I also consider it to be a homage to the millions of citizens who refused to bow to a hostile system. "There is no longer you and us. Now there is only one Europe shared," Buzek, who is from the conservative European People's Party, said.
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