Foti sworn in as European affairs minister (2)

(ANSA) - ROME, DEC 2 - Tommaso Foti on Monday was sworn in as minister for European affairs, the South, cohesion and the National Recovery and Resilience Plan (NRRP) before President Sergio Mattarella.
    Foti, 64, hitherto Premier Giorgia Meloni's Brothers of Italy (FdI) House whip, will replace Raffaele Fitto who resigned on Saturday to take on his new role as an executive vice president of the European Commission with the brief for cohesion and the NRRP.
    Mattarella had previously received at the Quirinale palace Premier Giorgia Meloni and signed the decree accepting Fitto's resignation and appointing Foti to the post, according to a note released by the Quirinale.
    The swearing-in ceremony was also attended by Meloni and Cabinet Undersecretary Alfredo Mantovano, among others. (ANSA).