Italian foreign minister Federica Mogherini received unanimous approval this week to all but confirm her appointment as the European Union’s high representative for foreign and security policy and a vice president of the European Commission.
After Monday’s three-hour confirmation hearing, barely any member of the European Parliament challenged her credentials, and she is now set to become the bloc’s new foreign affairs czar if Commission President-elect Jean-Claude Juncker’s team gets the final green light in a parliamentary vote later this month.
Leaders of the parliamentary committee on foreign affairs — known as AFET — said the Italian candidate showed herself to be “well-prepared, dedicated and competent.”