(ANSA) - ROME, NOV 19 - Former European Commission President and ex-premier Romano Prodi and former European commissioner and ex-premier Mario Monti on Tuesday made a joint appeal for vetoes over the appointments of Italy's Raffaele Fitto and Spain's Teresa Ribera to EC President Ursula von der Leyen's new EU executive to be dropped.
    "With the enormous challenges that the European Union has to face in the East and in the West at this moment in time, we trust that, when faced with qualified candidates such as Teresa Ribera or Raffaele Fitto, internal tensions will not prevail, in particular among the groups considered to be the most pro-European, such as the People's Party and the Socialists".
    (ANSA).