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Rome (ANSA) – The Italian government has appointed the Minister for European Affairs, South, Cohesion Policies and PNRR Raffaele Fitto as European Commissioner. Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni made the announcement during the first government meeting held after the summer break. “It is a painful choice for me and for the government, but it is a necessary choice,” said the Prime Minister, adding that it is a “delicate and very important choice for us and for Italy in the coming years.”
“Our choice – added – falls on a person who has great experience and who has been able to manage the responsibilities entrusted to him in this government with excellent results.” “Obviously – added – we continue to work on the role we are asking to be assigned to Italy. And, although I see many Italians rooting against a suitable role for our nation, I have no reason to believe that the role will not be recognized.”
“Not out of sympathy or antipathy towards our government, but more simply because we are Italy, a founding nation, the second manufacturing and third European economy, the third member state by population, with leadership in many fields. And, today, we can also count on a regained political stability and economic solidity that few others have in the rest of Europe,” he explained.
Fitto thanked Meloni and the Council of Ministers for designating him as a candidate for European Commissioner. “In the next five years, the Commission led by Ursula Von der Leyen will have a fundamental role in strengthening the European Union, the well-being and security of its citizens as well as fostering the resolution of major international crises. I am ready to give my contribution to achieve these goals,” he stated (August 30).