Stubb appoints his replacement as MEP

Alexander Stubb was named prime minister of Finland on 24 June and has therefore given up his seat at the European Parliament to Conservative Petri Sarvamaa, a former journalist who has worked as a correspondent for Finnish public television in Washington. Aged 53, Sarvamaa got into politics in 2010 and has already had a seat at the EP. In March 2012, he replaced Ville Itälä following the latter’s appointment as a member of the EU Court of Auditors (ECA). At…