FILE - European Parliament President David Sassoli speaks anterior to a signing ceremonial of EU Legislative Priorities for 2022 connected the sidelines of an EU Summit successful Brussels, connected Dec. 16, 2021. Sassoli has died astatine a infirmary successful Italy, his spokesperson said successful a tweet Tuesday, Jan. 11, 2022. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert, Pool, File) (Geert Vanden Wijngaert, Copyright 2021 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)

WASHINGTON – European Parliament President David Sassoli has died astatine a infirmary successful Italy, his spokesperson said successful a tweet Tuesday.

No details were offered successful the tweet by spokesperson Roberto Cuillo beyond Sassoli's decease astatine 1:15 a.m. Tuesday successful Aviano, a metropolis successful northeastern Italy.

Sassoli had been hospitalized since Dec. 26 owed to abnormal functioning of his immune system, Cuillo said successful a connection released the time earlier Sassoli's death.

“This hospitalization was indispensable due to the fact that of a superior complication owed to a dysfunction of the immune system,” Cuillo's connection said.

Sassoli, 65, was archetypal elected astatine the European Parliament successful 2009. He won different word successful 2014 and served arsenic the Parliament’s vice president. He had decided not to tally for reelection erstwhile lawmakers ballot to name their caller president aboriginal this month.

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The European Parliament, headquartered successful in Strasbourg, France, represents the 450 cardinal citizens of the European Union and refers to itself arsenic “the bosom of European democracy.” It is 1 of the 7 branches of the EU and has much than 700 members straight elected by its subordinate nations.

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