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Hard-right ECR group gets powerful EU Commission post, stirring Parliament

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Hard-right ECR group gets powerful EU Commission post, stirring Parliament

Hard-right ECR group gets powerful EU Commission post, stirring Parliament

Socialists, Liberals and Greens oppose von der Leyen's appointment of Italian hard-right Raffaele Fitto (ECR) as executive vice-president of the new European Commission.


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