Low-key 'fixer' Giorgetti named Italy's economy minister

FILE PHOTO: Minister of Economic Development Giancarlo Giorgetti attends the first voting session at the lower house of parliament to elect the new speaker in Rome, Italy, October 13, 2022. REUTERS/Guglielmo Mangiapane

ROME (Reuters) - Giancarlo Giorgetti, Italy's new economy minister, is a veteran political wheeler-dealer viewed as a moderate and relatively pro-European member of his right-wing League party.

A low-key counterweight to the party's fiery, eurosceptic leader Matteo Salvini, Giorgetti has spent most of his 26 years in parliament behind the scenes, negotiating on others' behalf and making influential friends in finance, including outgoing premier Mario Draghi.