There is just over a week to go. Then the deadline set by Commission President Ursula von der Leyen for the member states to nominate their candidates will expire. Seven member states have not yet made any proposals. Italy is one of them. There is speculation that Giorgia Meloni will put forward her party colleague from the Fratelli, Raffaele Fitto, the European Affairs Minister in her government and former co-leader of the ECR group in the European Parliament.