Ursula von der Leyen presents the new team of the European Commission, Fitto Vice-President and Commissioner for Cohesion. Italy Confirmed as Protagonist

The President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen presented the new team of Commissioners for the next five-year term, with a 40% female faculty and six executive vice presidents, including four women and two men.

Among the new prominent members is Raffaele Fitto, appointed Executive Vice-President for Cohesion and Reforms. Fitto will manage the National Recovery and Resilience Plans (NRRP) together with Valdis Dombrovskis, Executive Vice-President and Commissioner for Economy. Fitto has been entrusted with the same portfolio currently held by Portugal's Elisa Ferreira.

The team reflects strong geographical and political diversity, with members coming from both states that joined the Union before the fall of the Iron Curtain and those that joined after the reunification of Europe.

Among the executive vice presidents include Spain's Teresa Ribera, in charge of a just energy transition and responsible for Competition, and France's Stéphane Séjourné, in charge of Prosperity and Industrial Strategy. Kaja Kallas, already known, will be the High Representative, while Finland's Henna Virkkunen will deal with Technological Sovereignty and Security. Romania's Roxana Minzatu will be in charge of People, Skills and Preparedness.

Fitto's nomination was greeted with enthusiasm in Italy, with the Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani who expressed satisfaction, seeing it as a sign of Italy's centrality and credibility in the European Union. Tajani stressed that this appointment confirms the weight that Italy will continue to have in Europe, while Meloni defined Fitto as a protagonist of Italy's renewed role in the EU.