STRASBOURG (Reuters) - Italian conservative Antonio Tajani maintained a strong lead in Tuesday's second round of voting for speaker of the European Parliament following a coalition deal with the liberals, official returns showed.
Tajani won 287 of the 691 votes cast, keeping his lead over centre-left candidate and fellow Italian Gianni Pittella who had 200. Four other candidates had scores between 42 and 66.
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