Meloni keeps the decision on the EU Commission open

Meloni believes it is important that Italy receive “appropriate” consideration in the new commission.

Right-wing Prime Minister of Italy Georgia Meloni He wants to wait for the official proposal from the conservative EPP family before deciding on the future presidency of the EU Commission. “The proposal is a matter for the European People's Party and when it is fully presented we will make our assessments,” Meloni said on Saturday at the end of the meeting. G7 summit in southern Italy.

It is important for her that Italy receives “appropriate” consideration in the new Commission. It must also be clear that “Europe has understood the message of the European elections.”

According to the ideas of the European People's Party, which achieved the best performance in the European elections last Sunday, the current President of the Commission Ursula von der Leyen He received a second five-year term in Brussels.

However, it is uncertain whether the CDU politician would receive enough votes from her former supporters if she were nominated by the EU heads of state and government to the European Parliament. Maybe that's why she can rely on votes from Meloni's right-wing party, Fratelli d'Italia (Italy brothers).

Meloni expressed her satisfaction with the results of the three-day deliberations between the heads of state and government of the Group of Seven. The Group of Seven major industrialized countries includes the United States of America, Canada, and Japan, in addition to Great Britain, France, Italy, Germany, and the European Union from Europe.

Next year, the summit will be held in Canada, at the Kananaskis ski resort in the west of the vast country. Heads of state and government had already met there in 2002. Next year the group will celebrate its 50th anniversary.