Tensions between the EPP, Renew and S&D are growing ahead of Tuesday’s hearings of the six candidates for the executive vice-president posts in the new European Commission. There are indications that the Liberal and Socialist coordinators do not support both the Italian candidate Raffaele Fitto and the Hungarian Olivér Várhelyi. Both have been proposed by right-wing governments. In this scenario, the Socialist Teresa Ribera, Spanish candidate for the transformation portfolio, might not get the support of the EPP in return.