The pre-elections to the position of President of the European Society for Virology gave a clear result. Prof. Giorgio Palù was confirmed by an overwhelming majority as President of the European Society for Virology 2016-2019.

The voting participation was with a response rate of 50.8%. We thank all voting members for their cooperation.

The result of this pre-election has to be confirmed in the course of the Assembly of Members on October 21, 2016, during the 6th European Congress of Viroogy in Hambug, Germany.