Spanish Nationalists Urge EPP To Reject Ribera’s Commission Bid
The social democrats are ready to back conservative Italian Raffaele Fitto in exchange for Ribera again, but VOX warned that the EPP will become “irrelevant” if it accepts the deal.
The social democrats are ready to back conservative Italian Raffaele Fitto in exchange for Ribera again, but VOX warned that the EPP will become “irrelevant” if it accepts the deal.
Talks between the EU Parliament’s two largest parties broke down, with the S&D set to reject both Italy’s Raffaele Fitto and Hungary’s Olivér Várhelyi.
Rumor has it that the EPP and S&D’s tentative deal involves curtailing the Hungarian commissioner’s portfolio.
Fitto’s confirmation hearing demonstrated—yet again—just how partisan and ideologically-driven the European Left is.
S&D delegation leader calls for a crusade against Italy’s “extreme right” candidate.
The five executive vice presidents and the foreign affairs chief will be questioned by MEPs last, after every other commissioner candidate has been approved or rejected.
As expected, the Patriots–the Parliament’s third largest party group—was completely passed over.
Von der Leyen is set to create a fourth executive VP post just for Italy—to avoid offending her coalition allies by giving away one of their jobs to the ECR.
The veteran EU politician, known as a pragmatic technocrat, could be Rome’s best chance to secure the budget portfolio in the next EU Commission.
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