{"id":380108,"date":"2024-07-23T15:06:59","date_gmt":"2024-07-23T13:06:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/2024\/07\/23\/presidenti-commissioni-parlamento-ue\/"},"modified":"2024-07-30T14:17:53","modified_gmt":"2024-07-30T12:17:53","slug":"all-committee-chairs-eu-parliament","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/2024\/07\/23\/all-committee-chairs-eu-parliament\/","title":{"rendered":"All new committee chairs in the EU Parliament. For Italy, Decaro (PD) and Tridico (M5S)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Brussels – Everything went as predicted on the eve<\/a>\u00a0of\u00a0the election of the top positions of the committees and subcommittees<\/strong> at the EU Parliament, both in terms of the ambitions of the Italians and in terms of holding the cordon sanitaire against the far-right\u00a0Patriots for Europe group (Europe of Sovereign Nations did not even try to enter the race for chairmanship and vice-chairmanship). The former mayor of Bari elected to the EU Parliament from the ranks of the Democratic Party,\u00a0Antonio Decaro, is the new chairman of the committee<\/strong> Environment, Public Health and Food Safety (ENVI)<\/strong>, while the former president of the INPS and MEP of the 5-Star Movement, Pasquale Tridico, of the<\/strong> Tax Matters (FISC)<\/strong> subcommittee.<\/p>\n

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Environment, Public Health and Food Safety (ENVI) Committee Chairman Antonio Decaro (Pd)<\/figcaption><\/figure>
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Of the 96 vice presidents\u00a0<\/strong>of the 20 committees and 4 subcommittees<\/a>\u00a0in parliament –except for a few posts yet to be filled in upcoming meetings– 12 Italians were elected<\/strong> this morning (July 23). For the Democratic Party there are Giorgio Gori<\/strong> (ITRE), Giuseppe Lupo<\/strong> (BUDG), Matteo Ricci<\/strong> (TRAN) and Alessandro Zan<\/strong> (LIBE), for Fratelli d’Italia Elena Donazzan<\/strong> (ITRE), Alberico Gambino<\/strong> (AFET and SEDE), Pietro Fiocchi<\/strong> (ENVI), Mario Mantovani<\/strong> (JURI), Giuseppe Milazzo<\/strong> (PECH) and Francesco Ventola<\/strong> (REGI).\u00a0For Forza Italia Caterina Chinnici<\/strong> (CONT) was elected and for Green Europe,\u00a0Cristina Guarda<\/strong> (PETI). The only jitters\u00a0in several committees were those related to the rejection of French, Spanish, and Dutch candidates proposed by Patriots for Europe<\/a> (of which the League is a member), the third largest group in the tenth legislature of the EU Parliament but excluded from the constitutional perimeter<\/a> from the others in the majority and non-majority.<\/p>\n

“We must not lose sight of the sense of the extraordinary challenges we face<\/strong>,” were the words of the PD’s\u00a0Decaro as chairman of the ENVI Commission. “There is not only the future of our continent at stake, but also a new global approach to the planet resource.” The former mayor of Bari made it clear that “the goal of fully achieving the new Green Deal is certainly an ambitious challenge, but not impossible<\/strong>,” and his work will start from what has been achieved during the previous term of the EU Parliament because “there is no reason to go back.<\/strong>\u00a0If something needs to be improved, we will do it, but we need to give certainties and make clear commitments.” Decaro concluded his speech by quoting Ernest Hemingway<\/strong>: “The world is a fine place and worth the fighting for.<\/em>\u00a0It is up to us to play our part in this civil struggle for the future.”<\/p>\n

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The chairman of the Taxation Issues Subcommittee (FISC), Pasquale Tridico (5 Star Movement)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/figure>\n

From the head delegation of the M5S\u00a0at\u00a0the EU Parliament and newly appointed chair of the FISC subcommittee, the hope is to “work concretely, efficiently, and effectively, focusing on important issues that go beyond the smoky landscape of politics<\/strong>.” The former president of the INPS praised the “excellent” work done during the previous term of the EU Parliament by the committee he now chairs, “considering that we started from scratch.” However,\u00a0now is the time to pick up speed: “We know that tax policy is a national issue, but we also know that there are multinational aspects, and we have room to\u00a0improve\u00a0the\u00a0harmonization of our policy in this area<\/strong>,” is the wish of the newly appointed chairman of the FISC subcommittee.<\/p>\n