Antonio DeCaro was elected president of the Environment Commission of the European Parliament (Envi). He is one of the Italian European parliamentarians elected yesterday at the top of the EU Commissions. The one chaired by Decaro is among the most coveted and strategic bodies, especially in the new legislature. The main theme on which the new Commission will measure itself Ursula von der Leyen it is the update of the Green Deal with the challenges of climate change. In the elections, Decaro received more than 500 thousand votes and the Democratic Party was expecting a prestigious position for him. He has arrived. Among the elections to the Commissions also that of Paschal Tridic former INPS president, M5S parliamentarian, president of the Subcommittee on Fiscal Matters (Fisc).
The environmental issue for the most voted exponent of the Democratic Party is summarized in these words: “We must not lose sight of the meaning of the extraordinary challenges that we are called to face. There is not only the future of our continent at stake, but also a new global approach to the planet's resource,” Decaro said. The theme of the green transition will, in fact, have to guarantee public investments and stimulate private investments on a large scale to keep development and sustainability together. The former mayor of Bari is expected to face a very high test which will have to make the right's criticisms of green strategies ineffective and dispel doubts about the transition to a green economy in the coming years.
Europe, decisive matches on the horizon
Il role of the Commissions it is central to merit assessments and the definition of standards. The examination of the measures lasts months before reaching the plenary sessions. The left has the opportunity to really chart the new path of the transition. Meanwhile Dario Nardella, another prominent exponent of the Democratic Party, he was elected coordinator of the European Socialists in the Agriculture commission. Here too, this is a decisive role for the common agricultural policy. European socialists can establish a balance between money for farmers and limits on imports. The tractor protest that made von der Leyen change positions in the previous legislature was not a pretty sight. The right in France and Germany took advantage of this to gain votes in the countryside. For Tridico, a member of a wavering group on European choices, it will be interesting to understand whether he will take up his party's 2023 law proposal in Italy, on taxation of extra profits of large companies. It is a risk that the Calabrian professor could run ahead of his European colleagues, but he must show a lot of determination, Conte and the bold ones starting. we'll see
Europe, here are the names of those elected
The work of the other parliamentarians elected to the vice-presidencies will also be challenging. This is the list. Committee on Budgets (Budget) second vice-president: Giuseppe Lupo (Pd); Transport and Tourism Commission (Tran) fourth vice president: Matteo Ricci (Pd); Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (Libe) third vice-president: Alessandro Zan (Pd); Committee on Budgetary Control (Cont) first vice president: Caterina Chinnici (FI); Committee on Petitions (Peti) fourth vice president: Cristina Guarda (Avs); Foreign Affairs Committee (AFET) third vice president: Alberico Gambino (FdI); Subcommittee on Security and Defense third vice president: Alberico Gambino (FdI); Commission for Industry, Research and Energy (Itre) second vice president: Elena Donazzan (FdI); third vice-president: Giorgio Gori (Pd); Commission for Regional Development (Regi) third vice-president: Francesco Ventola (FdI); Fisheries Commission (CFSP) second vice-president: Giuseppe Milazzo (FdI); Legal Commission (Juri) second vice-president: Mario Mantovani (FdI).
