The President of the European Parliament, the Italian Social Democrat David Sassoli, died on the night of Monday to Tuesday in Italy, at the age of 65, his spokesman said.
“David Sassoli died on January 11 at 1:15 am at the CRO (oncology reference center) in Aviano, Italy, where he had been hospitalized” since the end of December, announced on Twitter Roberto Cuillo, David’s spokesperson. Sassoli.
“The date and place of the funeral will be communicated in the next few hours,” he added. Yesterday afternoon, the spokesperson for David Sassoli had indicated his hospitalization “due to a serious complication” linked to “a dysfunction of the immune system”, as well as the cancellation of his official obligations.
