Meloni keeps South portfolio after Foti replaces Fitto

(ANSA) - ROME, DEC 3 - Premier Giorgia Meloni on Tuesday entrusted new Minister Tommaso Foti with the portfolios relating to European affairs, territorial cohesion, and the implementation of the National Recovery and Resilience Plan (NRRP) that had been held by new European Commission Vice President Raffaele Fitto, sources said.
    The premier, however, kept the portfolio for the South for herself and has begun a 'reconnaissance' operation within the government on what has already been done to strengthen the development of the South, the programmes underway and the proposals yet to be implemented, particularly on incentives, infrastructure and investments.
    Meloni recently pointed out that "the South was the locomotive of Italy in 2023 with GDP and employment growing above the national average and a strong impulse to exports".
    The sources said the premier's intends to "proceed along this path with even greater determination". (ANSA).