European Parliament President David Sassoli has died in hospital. He was 65 years old. "Radio Liberty" spreads the information based on Roberto Cuillo, the speaker of the party.
Sassoli died on the morning of January 11 at a hospital in the Italian municipality of Aviano.
On January 10, the European Parliament confirmed that an Italian left-wing, centrist politician has been in an Italian hospital since December 26.
"Hospitalization was necessary due to a serious complication of immune system dysfunction," the statement revealed.
David Sassoli has been a member of the European Parliament since 2009.
The President of the European Parliament, David Sassoli, had pneumonia, which was probably caused by "Legionnaires' disease." However, there has been a recent outbreak of coronavirus in the European Parliament, although Sassoli has denied that he was infected in the legislature.
The @EP_President David Sassoli passed away at 1.15 am on 11 January at the CRO in Aviano( PN), Italy, where he was hospitalized. The date and place of the funeral will be communicated in the next few hours.
— RobertoCuillo (@robertocuillo) January 11, 2022
