gave beena memberand belong t the conservative courts italian rt theorr pre minisr bellus county- belescoini. johnny patella, from the socialist him a crass. it took all four rounds of voting but was decided. let's pull in max hoffman. why did it take so long. >> virtually unheard of, by the way, and it in the history of modern european parliament that this drags on for four rounds. it is complicated. the put it simple, there were no backroom deals this time. the two biggest factions agreed on him and the voting was just a formality. in this case, it was a real fight and that's why it took so long. 351-282, that's about 70 votes and not a lot. this was all about building coalitions and making deals democracy at its best. brent: but can we read anything into this, the fact that it did take four rounds? it is this narrow vote, an indicator of a deep rift between the parties there? >> not necessarily. i wouldn't go that far. a hard time getting everybody behind them. it is sort of a controversial figure. his time as a commissioner, there were a couple of pickups. there are allegations that he k