BRUSSELS — The European Commission has poured cold water on regions commissioner Raffaele Fitto's suggestion that the EU executive is open to “improving” a key plank of its seven-year budget proposal.

The European Commission is preparing to reallocate 160 billion euros from cohesion funds to support measures for the ...

Italy named its EU affairs minister, Raffaele Fitto, as its next Commissioner right as the clock for nominating European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen's new team was about to run out. While ...

Cohesion policy can provide 'vital support' in responding to the latest geopolitical shocks, Fitto wrote to capitals ...

BRUSSELS — Italian Commissioner-designate Raffaele Fitto’s hearing was expected to be full of political fireworks. In the end, however, he stayed true to his image as a calm and mild-mannered ...

An official told governments to use a cash pot designed to soften the consequences of the climate transition on regions to reduce dependence on fossil ...

Raffaele Fitto, a member of Italy's hard-right ruling party, was named to a top post in the next European Commission today, in a controversial move that has riled centrist and leftist groups. EU chief ...

Meloni praised the prospective executive vice-president (EVP) role offered to Fitto in the new European Commission as confirmation of Italy's "renewed centrality in the European arena," underscoring ...

Many agree that if Brothers of Italy's Fitto is given the executive vice-president portfolio in charge of the economy and post-pandemic recovery, this would be a significant victory for Rome. Italy ...