European Commission Vice President
with the cohesion brief Raffaele Fitto said the European Union
faced crucial challenges and must show the utmost unity after
Ursula von der Leyen's renewed team was approved by the European
Parliament Wednesday with the votes of Fitto's Conservatives and
Reformists (ECR) group combining with the Socialists and the
European People's Party.
"The European Union is facing crucial challenges on which its
future and that of its citizens depends," said the former
European Affairs minister on Facebook.
"In the coming years it will be essential for us all to work
together and show unity because only in this way will we be able
to overcome these challenges, relaunch the European project and
strongly defend the values ;;on which it is founded.
"These objectives can only be achieved with everyone's
contribution.
"All my energy and all my commitment over the next five years
will be dedicated to this purpose, in full compliance with the
Treaties and in defense of the common European interest".
The appointment of Fitto, a former Christian Democrat who is a
bigwig in Premier Giorgia Meloni's right-wing Brothers of Italy
(FdI) party, had been held up by a Socialist veto.
With his cohesion portfolio, Fitto will be in charge of
overseeing the post-COVID National Recovery and Resilience Plans
(NRRPs).
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