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Italy's Commission VP nominee Fitto faces tough MEPs grilling amid key political delays

Tuesday’s hold-ups might give the Socialists more leverage as they fear a tough voting stance on Fitto could

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Italy's Commission VP nominee Fitto faces tough MEPs grilling amid key political delays

Tuesday’s hold-ups might give the Socialists more leverage as they fear a tough voting stance on Fitto could

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EU top migration man 'open' to return hubs, Italy-Albania deal

Brunner stated that there is “unfinished business” he needs to attend to – and he has made clear he is o

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Von der Leyen's Italian executive VP pick faces further opposition

Opposition to European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen's plan to give Italy an executive vice-presid

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Borissov's ex-foreign minister pick for EU commissioner most likely to get nomination

Bulgaria's largest party, GERB (EPP), has nominated former Foreign Minister Ekaterina Zaharieva, who is almost

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Bulgarian parties urged to submit Commissioner picks as deadline looms

Bulgarian parties must submit their nominations for the country's new European Commissioner by the end of the

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The #EuropeanParliament has also shifted more to the right, with Meloni’s European Conservatives and Reformists (#ECR) group gaining seats.

She called the EU “an invasive bureaucratic giant” and asked that #Italy get a #EuropeanCommissioner role that would tackle bureaucracy.

#GiorgiaMeloni hits out at #EU top jobs backroom deal
https://www.politico.eu/article/giorgia-meloni-europe-top-jobs-backroom-deal-italy-ursula-von-der-leyen-antonio-costa-kaja-kallas/?utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication&utm_source=press.coop

Giorgia Meloni hits out at EU top jobs backroom deal

The Italian prime minister also called the EU ‘an invasive bureaucratic giant.’

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