Raffaele Fitto

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.

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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.

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