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MNI: Fight Over Jobs Delays Naming Of EU Commissioners-Sources

Italy, Spain, push for top jobs in new European Commission, officials say.

MNI (ROME/BRUSSELS) - Infighting between political groups prompted European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen to delay a planned presentation of candidates to run her major portfolios this week, with Italy confident of securing a key vice presidency while European Parliament socialists target Competition, officials in Brussels and Rome told MNI.

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni is confident she will win a big job for her Europe Minister Raffaele Fitto, thanks to crucial backing from the European People’s Party (EPP), and is also trying to influence the selection of potential Commissioners from other parties, such as the Social Democrats and the Liberals, Italian government sources said. This would reassert Meloni’s standing in the EU institutions after voting unsuccessfully against Von der Leyen’s re-appointment in the summer, they said.

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MNI (ROME/BRUSSELS) - Infighting between political groups prompted European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen to delay a planned presentation of candidates to run her major portfolios this week, with Italy confident of securing a key vice presidency while European Parliament socialists target Competition, officials in Brussels and Rome told MNI.

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni is confident she will win a big job for her Europe Minister Raffaele Fitto, thanks to crucial backing from the European People’s Party (EPP), and is also trying to influence the selection of potential Commissioners from other parties, such as the Social Democrats and the Liberals, Italian government sources said. This would reassert Meloni’s standing in the EU institutions after voting unsuccessfully against Von der Leyen’s re-appointment in the summer, they said.

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