Raffaele Fitto, Christian Democrat centurion by Giorgia Meloni elected vice-president of the European Commission

Raffaele Fittohe candidate of Giorgia Meloniit will be converted in December executive vice president from new European Commission (CE) of Ursula von der Leyen. Tendrá las carteras de Políticas de Cohesión y Reformes. It was what the Italian prime minister sought and celebrated as “a victory for all Italians”. “This confirms the relevance of Italy in Europe”, he added.

El nombramiento de Fitto —hostigado during months for los European progressives, and finally this week received the green light, thanks to the giro del presidente of the Spanish Government, Pedro Sánchez— supposes the entry into the scene of a form of formation extreme right, Hermanos of Italywhich was not part of the grand alliance of popular, liberal and socialists that allowed Von der Leyen’s re-election as president in the summer WHAT. La razón at that time was to the exclusion of Italy from all negotiations on the reparto de los altos cargos de la european union. Since then, he esmero with him, Meloni has persiguió him the objective of obtaining puestos of power in the European institutions that are intensifying.

Fitto (Maglie, 1969), he political dentro del partido de Meloni mejor connected en Brusselsfue elegido casi obvio para uno de los principales puestos que la mandateria quería obtine, and the candidacy was made official last August 30. El Italiano was regional councilor, national deputy, eurodeputado, president of the region sureña de Apulia and minister of Asuntos Regionales during the last Government of Silvio Berlusconi. In 2022, moreover, he regressed to Italian politics (an 11-year stint in the European institutions) after Meloni had elected him as Minister of Asuntos Europeos. Esto último bastente relevante dado que, en la EC, se encargará —junto con Valdis Dombrovskis— from los European funds of economic recoveryde los cuales Italy was one of the main beneficiaries in estos ani.

Christian democratic heart

Coming from a convinced family Christian Democrat (partido in el que él mismo militó until 1994), the political activist of the 19 years, more used to being in the footsteps of the power of which in calle, and graduated in Law in Bari, Fitto is also considered one of los ‘centuriones’. de Meloni, es decir, uno de las figuras políticas sobre las que más cuenta la mandateria. Y un personaje que a sabido astutamente evita las estridencias and will sell the image of a responsible, moderate and persevering politician at the time of negotiations with the European institutions and in the role of padre noble de Hermanos de Italia.

This is reflected above a menudo conciliadoras declaraciones. “Quiero que quede claro. I am not here to represent a political party y no estoy aquí to represent a member state. Estoy aquí to reaffirm my commitment to Europe“said la semana pasada a los Member of the European Parliament from Comisión de Desarrollo Regional, in charge of evaluating the suitability for el cargo. “Mi papel will be marked by a total independence and a total equidistance with regard to the 27 member states,” he reiterated. “Achi siempre worked with all los grupos parlamentarios porque este un democristiano, no un Nazi”, a socialist source of the Italian delegation in Bruselas al semanario counted days ago L’Espresso.

Excopresidente del Grupo de los Conservadores y Reformistas (ECR, por sus abbreviations in English), the formation this year suffered various abandonments — among them, he of Vox—, his election also reinforces this current political trend in an unexpected way. That is, after another ultra group, he got created Patriot of Europele quitara a ECR en julio el puesto de tercera fuerza en el European Parliament. Un pasado que sigue making trinar a formations ca la italiana Alianza de Verdes e Izquierda, which criticized lo que qualifican de derechización de la EC, as they see it as a bad management of the European funds so far delivered to Italy.

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