Meloni leaves choice on EU Commission presidency open

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Italy’s conservative Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni wishes to wait on the main election from the conservative European Individuals’s Celebration (EPP) in the European Parliament before choosing the presidency of the future EU Commission.

“The proposition is a matter for the EPP, and when it is total we will make our evaluations,” stated Meloni on Saturday at the end of the G7 top in southern Italy.

She stated it was essential that Italy was provided “proper” factor to consider in the brand-new Commission. It should likewise be clear “that Europe has actually comprehended the message of the European elections.”

The EPP, a group of conservative celebrations throughout the continent, carried out finest in last Sunday’s European elections. It desires the existing Commission President Ursula von der Leyen to be provided a 2nd five-year term in Brussels.

Nevertheless, it doubts whether the German conservative political leader would get adequate votes from her existing advocates in the European Parliament if she were chosen by the EU presidents and federal governments. She might for that reason need to depend on votes from Meloni’s reactionary celebration Fratelli d’Italia (Brothers of Italy).

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni speaks at the press conference for the closing of the 2024 G7 Summit held in the city of Fasano at Borgo Egizia. Marco Cordone/ZUMA Press Wire/dpa

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni speaks at journalism conference for the closing of the 2024 G7 Top kept in the city of Fasano at Borgo Egizia. Marco Cordone/ZUMA Press Wire/dpa

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