The European Parliament holds the first session of its new term in Strasbourg on Tuesday, with lawmakers expected to re-elect Malta’s Roberta Metsola as president. Metsola from the centre-right European People’s Party (EPP) is set to receive backing for another two-and-a-half-year term after her group won 188 seats in the European elections in June. The centre-left Socialists and Democrats (S&D) came a distant second with 136 seats while the environmentalist Greens and liberal Renew Europe groups both lost support and seats. The election result was characterized by a shift to the right in the …