Italy nominates Gentiloni for the European Commission

Italy has tapped former centre-left Democratic Party (PD) Prime Minister Paolo Gentiloni as a candidate for the European Commission.   Sources said Gentiloni was the only name to have been indicated by Rome.

Gentiloni, if confirmed, will become Italy’s new European commissioner. He was nominated the moment the Five Star Movement (M5S) voted yes to a new government with Paolo Conte as its prime minister. Gentiloni is a founding member of the Democratic Party.

He was Italy’s foreign minister between 2014 and 2016, and its prime minister from 2016 until 2018. He played an important role in making the new Italian coalition possible.

 

Via ANSA

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