Raffaele Fito, European affairs minister in the Meloni government, will become the first member of a far-right populist party to take up the position of executive vice-president of the European Commission
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen will be entrusted with an executive position vice president responsible for Economy to the far-right candidate proposed by Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, the Rafael Fito (Raffaele Fitto), writes the German newspaper Die Welt today.
Raffaele Fito, currently Minister of European Affairs in the Meloni government, will become the first member of a far-right populist party to take up the position of executive vice-president of the European Commission, De Welt underlines.
A former MEP, once co-chairman of the European Conservatives and Reformists group in the European Parliament, Raffaele Fito is considered a loyalist of Ms Meloni, whose faction, the Brothers of Italy (FdI), he joined after being a long-time rising star of Forza Italia. of the right-wing party of the former head of the Italian government and billionaire Silvio Berlusconi, who died in 2023.
The rest of von der Leyen’s elected vice-presidents
The publication, citing European diplomats and informed sources in the Commission, also notes that the French European Commissioner for the Internal Market Thierry Bretonre-candidate, will occupy the position of executive vice-president with responsibility for Industry and Strategic Autonomy.
According to the German newspaper, von der Leyen, who was re-elected in July, will also name the Latvian executive vice-president of the Commission Valdis Dombrovskis (Enlargement and Reconstruction of Ukraine) and the Spanish Teresa Rivera Rodriguez (Transition).
The current Minister of Industry of the Czech Republic is expected to be named the new European Energy Commissioner Joseph Sikela.
The former Prime Minister of Estonia Kaya Kalasis being anointed from June to take on new duties head of diplomacy of the EU.
Two European commissioners will work directly with Ursula von der Leyen, according to Die Welt, as the president wants deregulation issues to be at the heart of her second term.
Slovakia’s Maros Sefcovic will be in charge of red tape and inter-institutional relations, while Poland’s Piotr Serafin will be in charge of the budget, the paper explained.
Source :Skai
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