Europe Von der Leyen wants right-wing Italian as Vice-President

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17.9.2024 - 13:23

ARCHIVE - Raffaele Fitto, Minister for European Affairs, Cohesion Policy and PNNR, takes part in the IX Economic Conference "Agricolture al Centro". Photo: Luigi Mistrulli/IPA via ZUMA Press/dpa
ARCHIVE - Raffaele Fitto, Minister for European Affairs, Cohesion Policy and PNNR, takes part in the IX Economic Conference "Agricolture al Centro". Photo: Luigi Mistrulli/IPA via ZUMA Press/dpa
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Raffaele Fitto will be the first politician from the right-wing Italian party Fratelli d'Italia (Brothers of Italy) to be appointed as one of the Vice-Presidents of the EU Commission. This was announced by President Ursula von der Leyen in Strasbourg.

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