The European Parliament will elect a new president today in a vote that promises to be stormy after a coalition aimed at keeping eurosceptics out of power broke down. The winner will replace Germany's Martin Schulz, who during five years in office made the role far more powerful and prominent than it had ever been before. The new president will lead the EU's only elected body, which will have the final say on a Brexit deal expected in two years time.<br/><br/>The 751 members of the parliament will cast secret ballots in Strasbourg, France. The vote can go to a maximum of four rounds. The main candidates are both Italian: centre-right politician Antonio Tajani, and socialist Gianni Pittella. Another five candidates have little chance. Tajani, a former spokesman for Italy's Silvio Berlusconi and ex-European commissioner, is the candidate of the European People's Party (EPP), the largest group in the assembly.