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By Silvia De IACOVO – ABBL ALFI Representative Office in Brussels
Italy was the last country to bring a name for the von der Leyen Commission and this name was Paolo Gentiloni, the former Italian Prime Minister and, polls confirmed, the most-loved Italian politician. Sometimes, journalists refer to him as the successor of Romano Prodi.
Within the new Commission, he has been assigned the Economy and Taxation portfolio, currently held by the Frenchman Pierre Moscovici. This comes a bit as a surprise as Italy is struggling with the European public deficit rules and as his long political career does not account any economic or financial position. Gentiloni is, nonetheless, a well-prepared politician, a mediator, and a pro-European striver....
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