John Maroqüe

About
John Maroqüe was the first leader of the European Peoples Party and the second Speaker of the European Parliament. He left politic after his defeat against Elissa Silver for his re-election.

Her debut as Speaker of the European Parliament
He was elected at the second term of the Speaker of the European Parliament after the resign of Adam Adamowski. As he was the only candidate, he was choosen to replace him. The fact that he wasn't elected is important, because Adam Adamowski was only here as a replacement until the election of a proper Speaker of the European Parliament, but due to zero candidacy against him he was elected, which will change in the 2nd Election.

His reputation
It's also important to know his reputation. He wasn't a known Member of the European Parliament and was part of the EPP when the political party was at the bottom of its reputation. The EPP reputation reflected on him and wasn't an appreciated Speaker of the European Parliament, mostly for being away a lot of time and not giving informations on him.

2nd Election for Speaker of the European Parliament and resignment of the politic
He took place during the 2nd Election for Speaker of the European Parliament, for his re-election, who opposed him to a member of The Left, Elissa Silver. Unsurprisingly, he lost to his candidate who won with a landslide with 85% of the votes. His reputation played a huge role during this election and so he decided to left politic just after that.