Roberta MetsolaNationalist MEP Roberta Metsola has won a prestigious award for her work in the area of justice and civil liberties.
The annual MEP awards, presented in several categories, are awarded by The Parliament Magazine and voted on by MEPs, to celebrate the outstanding achievements of their colleagues.
In her category, Dr Metsola beat out two other MEPs from Germany and Poland. The announcement was made during a presentation ceremony in Brussels.
Addressing participants via video-link, Dr Metsola thanked all the MEPs who had voted for her. She underlined that cooperation and compromise were essential for the European Parliament to make a real difference in people’s everyday lives.
“No MEP and no political group alone could achieve anything by themselves. We cannot be entrenched in our positions and need to continue to work together in the best interests of the people we represent,” she said.
The Parliament Magazine, a Brussels-based publication, focuses on European affairs.
She underlined that cooperation and compromise were essential to make a real difference in people’s everyday lives
Commenting on her award, Dr Metsola said she tried not to give too much importance to such things and focus on the work ahead.
“But it is an honour for Malta, for the PN and for me personally to have been given this recognition. It is always satisfying for your work to be acknowledged and even more so when this comes from other MEPs from across party lines.”
Dr Metsola, who was elected in 2013, became one of the first female MEPs from Malta after she replaced Simon Busuttil in the European Parliament.
She was then re-elected in 2014 with close to 33,000 first-count votes. Last year she was the EPP Shadow Rapporteur for the European Parliament’s groundbreaking report on anti-discrimination and homophobia.