Von Der Leyen waits Italy’s nomination for EU Commisioner

Incoming European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen is waiting for Italy to propose its candidate to the new College of Commissioners before she can move forward with making a final decision on who will be handed which portfolios.

Italy remains locked in a political crisis as it struggles to form a new government following the resignation of Giuseppe Conte as prime minister in late August. At present, the former senior coalition partner of the Conte government – the leftist-populist 5-Star Movement – is likely to form a new governing partnership with the centrist Democratic Party of the former prime minister, Matteo Renzi.

As a result of the current state of political affairs in Italy, the Italian government has yet to put forward its candidate for the College of Commissioners.

Via New Europe