Carlo Fidanza, the head of the MEPs
from Premier Giorgia Meloni's Brothers of Italy (FdI) party,
said Thursday that the right-wing group had voted against
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen getting a
second term because she hadn't taken in the message from last
months EU elections.
"The choices made (by von der Leyen) in recent days, the
political guidelines, the search for support on the Left, going
as far as the Greens, made our support for the reappointment of
President Ursula von der Leyen impossible," said Fidanza.
"The strong message of change that came out of the ballot box on
June 9 has not been heeded".
Fidanza added, however, said that he did not think FdI voting
against a second term for von der Leyen will lead to Italy's new
Commissioner getting a secondary position in the EU executive.
"This does not affect our institutional working relationship,
which we are sure will lead to... an adequate role in the next
commission that Italy deserves," he said.
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