Italian agriculture minister protests Spanish blocking of EU candidate at FAO

Italy's Agriculture Minister Francesco Lollobrigida has announced plans to lodge a formal complaint with the European Union after Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez blocked an Italian-backed candidate for a position at the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization.

Lollobrigida told La Repubblica that Rome had supported a Democratic candidate, but Sánchez opposed the nomination in favor of his own choice. The dispute signals emerging tensions within EU coordination on international organizational leadership positions.