(ANSA) - Rome, June 12 - One of the senior economy positions
in the new European Commission should be taken up by a figure
nominated by Rome, Premier Giuseppe Conte told an ANSA Forum on
Wednesday. "We lay claim to a top position, an economic
portfolio," Conte said. "I won't ask for the economic affairs
(role) for reasons of elegance during a time of discussion about
an infringement procedure, but we do claim another major
economic portfolio".
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