Italy's nominee to be its member of
the new EU executive, European Affairs Minister Raffaele Fitto,
is set to be given the key post of Economy Vice President,
German daily Die Welt reported on Tuesday.
The post will put Fitto, a senior figure in Premier Giorgia
Meloni's right-wing Brothers of Italy (FdI) party, in charge of
overseeing the EU's post-pandemic Recovery Fund, according to
the report.
In his current position, Fitto is in charge of Italy's National
Recovery and Resilience Plan (PNNR), which seeks to make the
Italian economy Greener and more modern with the help of around
190 billion euros in grants and low-interest loans from the
Recovery Fund.
If the report is confirmed, it will vindicate Meloni's assertion
that Italy will have a important post in the new EU executive
despite FdI MEPs voting against European Commission President
Ursula von der Leyen getting a second term at the helm of the EU
executive after June's EU elections.
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