Responsibilities
Cohesion and reforms
Raffaele Fitto is the Executive Vice-President for Cohesion and Reforms. His task is to ensure that the EU continues to support reforms and investments that directly contribute to strengthening European growth.
He is responsible for:
- leading the work to deliver on the agreed reforms and investments set out in Member States’ Recovery and Resilience Plans
- working with colleagues to ensure the full implementation of NextGenerationEU while working in dialogue with stakeholders and regional and local authorities
- making European regional economies and societies more sustainable, resilient and better prepared for future challenges
- guiding the work to strengthen the competitiveness, resilience and sustainability of the food and farming sector
- guiding the work on sustainable mobility and tourism
- helping to ensure that the EU’s fisheries sector and wider blue economy becomes more resilient, sustainable and competitive
Read more about the Recovery and Resilience Facility and NextGenerationEU.
Cohesion policy, regional development and cities
Raffaele Fitto is also responsible for cohesion policy, regional development and cities. His task is to ensure that Europe invests in and supports Member States, regions, local authorities and people.
He is responsible for:
- designing a strengthened, modernised cohesion and growth policy, working in partnership with national, regional and local authorities
- supporting community needs and tackling regional disparities so that all citizens have an effective right to stay in the place they call home
- ensuring that specific challenges facing people in regions are addressed
- ensuring EU cohesion policy is implemented effectively through the European Regional Development Fund and the Cohesion Fund, as well as supporting the implementation of the Just Transition Fund
- putting forward an ambitious policy agenda for cities, looking at issues such as housing, climate action, digitalisation, mobility, social inclusion and equality
- ensuring that the specific economic and social challenges facing islands and outermost regions are taken into account
- contributing to the pre-enlargement policy reviews by reflecting on the future of cohesion policy in a larger Union
- strengthening social and economic conditions of the Turkish Cypriot Community and monitoring implementation of the Green Line Regulation in view of facilitating the reunification of Cyprus
Read more about the EU’s regional policy.
Calendar
- Brussels, Belgium
- Brussels, Belgium
Transparency
Meetings and missions
As part of the Commission's commitment to transparency, Commissioners and their Cabinet members publish information on and minutes of all meetings they hold with interest representatives. Every two months, they also publish an overview of mission expenses.
- Meetings with Executive Vice-President Fitto
- Meetings with Executive Vice-President Fitto's Cabinet members
- Missions of Executive Vice-President Fitto
European Parliament hearings
Read Executive Vice-President Fitto's answers to the European Parliament questionnaire.
Declaration of interests
In line with the Commission's Code of Conduct for Members of the Commission, each Member of the Commission publishes a declaration of interests. The declarations of the Commissioners-designate can be found on the European Parliament’s website, where they were published before the confirmation hearings of the Commissioners.
The declarations of interests of the new Members of the Commission will be updated and published here at the beginning of 2025 in line with Article 3 of the Code of Conduct for the Members of the European Commission. Machine-readable versions of all declarations will also be made available in line with the requirements of the Code of Conduct. The declarations of interests follow the requirements set out in Article 3 and Annex 1 of the Code of Conduct for Commissioners.
Biography
- 2024-present
European Commission Executive Vice-President for Cohesion and Reforms
- 2022-2024
Minister for European Affairs, Southern Italy, Cohesion Policy and the NRRP
- 2022-2024
Member of the Italian Parliament (Camera dei Deputati)
- 2019–2022
Co-Chair of the European Conservatives and Reformists Group in the European Parliament
- 2014–2022
Member of the European Parliament
- 2010–2011
Minister for Territorial Cohesion
- 2008–2010
Minister for Regional Affairs
- 2006–2014
Member of the Italian Parliament (Camera dei Deputati)
- 2005–2006
Councillor for the Apulia region
- 2000–2005
President of the Apulia region
- 1999–2000
Member of the European Parliament
- 1995–1999
Councillor of the Apulia region and Vice-President of the Regional Council with responsibility for budget
- 1994–1995
Regional Councillor for Tourism for the Apulia region
- 1990–1994
Councillor for the Apulia region