The Metropolis General Assembly elected Barthelemy Dias, the mayor of Dakar, as its new president starting from January 2024. Dias will succeed Claudia López, the current Metropolis president and mayor of Bogotá.
Eurocities also welcomed Burkhard Jung, the mayor of Leipzig, as its newly elected president. Jung takes over the position formerly held by Dario Nardella, the mayor of Florence.