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The president of the European Parliament, David Sassoli, dies at 65

He died at dawn this Tuesday at the hospital in Aviano, Italy. He had been admitted since December 26 for “serious complications after a dysfunction of his immune system.”

The president of the European Parliament, David Sassoli, He died this Tuesday at the age of 65 after more than two weeks admitted “due to serious complications after a dysfunction of his immune system,” as reported by his spokesman, Roberto Cuillo, on the social network Twitter.

The Italian politician has died at 01:15 hours at the Aviano hospital, Italy, where he was hospitalized, has announced Cuillo.

After contracting pneumonia last September, Sassoli had spent more than two months recovering in his native country and had recently returned to political activity when the past December 26 he was admitted to an Italian hospital again for “serious complications after a dysfunction of your immune system“.

His entry has not been made public until this Monday, 15 days later.

The Italian Social Democrat it was appointed President of the European Parliament in July 2019 and he was in the final week of his term, since next Tuesday the European Parliament will elect a new president for having reached the halfway point of this legislature (2019-2024).

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