Teresa Ribera has been confirmed as Competition Commissioner of the European Union on Wednesday evening. The nomination of the Spanish socialist by the EU Parliament was uncertain until the last minute. Coordinators from the conservative EPP group threatened to block the nomination if Ribera’s S&D group refused to approve the Italian candidate – a far-right politician and confidante of Giorgia Meloni. Only a bilateral declaration by the group leaders of the EPP, S&D and Renew resolved the stalemate.