Nicola Zingaretti is an Italian politician who served as President of Lazio and was Secretary of the Democratic Party from March 2019 until March 2021.
Paolo Gentiloni Silveri is an Italian politician who has served as European Commissioner for Economy in the von der Leyen Commission since 1 December 2019. He previously served as prime minister of Italy from December 2016 to June 2018.
The Democratic Party is a social-democratic political party in Italy. The party's secretary is Enrico Letta,who was elected by the national assembly in March 2021,after the resignation of the former leader Nicola Zingaretti,while its president is Valentina Cuppi.
Paolo Savona is an Italian economist,professor,and politician. He was the Italian Minister of European Affairs from 1 June 2018 until 8 March 2019,his second stint in government after 1993–1994. During the 2010s,Savona became one of the most fervent Eurosceptic economists in Italy.
Pietro Trifone,is an Italian linguist.
Maurizio Landini is an Italian trade unionist. Since January 2019,he is the General Secretary of CGIL. He was also former General Secretary of FIOM from 2010 to 2017. Landini is considered a socialist and is famous for his populist political style.
Roberta Pinotti is an Italian politician,member of the Democratic Party. From 22 February 2014 to 1 June 2018 she served as the Italian Minister of Defence in the governments of Matteo Renzi and Paolo Gentiloni.
Giuliano Poletti is an Italian politician. He was appointed minister of labour and social policies on 22 February 2014 by Prime Minister Matteo Renzi,and also served in the cabinet of Paolo Gentiloni.
Roberto Gualtieri is an Italian historian,academic and politician of the Democratic Party (PD),incumbent Mayor of Rome since 2021 and Minister of Economy and Finances in the second government of Giuseppe Conte from 2019 until 2021. He previously was a Member of the European Parliament from 2009 to 2019,where he chaired the influential Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee within the Parliament from 2014 until 2019.
Maurizio Martina is an Italian politician and member of the Chamber of Deputies,who served as secretary of the Democratic Party (PD) from March to November 2018,being appointed after the 2018 Italian general election. He served as Minister of Agricultural,Food and Forestry Policies since 22 February 2014,in the governments of Matteo Renzi and Paolo Gentiloni. On 7 May 2017,he was elected Deputy Secretary of the Democratic Party. Martina resigned as Agriculture Minister and took over as acting secretary of the PD after Matteo Renzi resigned following a poor election showing in 2018.
Italian Left is a left-wing political party in Italy. SI was launched in November 2015 as a parliamentary group in the Chamber of Deputies,including Left Ecology Freedom (SEL),dissidents from the Democratic Party like Future to the Left,and splinters from the Five Star Movement. At its launch,SI included 32 deputies,who were soon followed by 8 senators,and 2 MEPs. SI was officially formed as a full-fledged party in February 2017,after SEL had chosen to merge into it in December 2016.
A constitutional referendum was held in Italy on 4 December 2016. Voters were asked whether they approved a constitutional law that amends the Italian Constitution to reform the composition and powers of the Parliament of Italy,as well as the division of powers between the State,the regions,and administrative entities.
Carlo Calenda is an Italian business executive and politician. On 10 May 2016,he was appointed Minister of Economic Development in the government of Matteo Renzi and continued in that role in the government of Renzi's successor,Paolo Gentiloni. From 21 March to 10 May 2016,he served as Italy's Permanent Representative to the European Union. He has been serving as a Member of the European Parliament since July 2019.
The 2017 Democratic Party leadership election was an open primary election held on 30 April 2017. The three candidates were Matteo Renzi,former Prime Minister and party secretary until February 2017,Michele Emiliano,President of Apulia,and Andrea Orlando,the Minister of Justice. Renzi was elected by a landslide 70%,and appointed Maurizio Martina as his deputy secretary.
Popular Alternative is a Christian-democratic political party in Italy that was founded on 18 March 2017 after the dissolution of New Centre-Right (NCD),one of the two parties that emerged at the break-up of The People of Freedom.
Giuseppe Conte is an Italian jurist,academic,and politician who served as prime minister of Italy from June 2018 to February 2021. He has been the president of the Five Star Movement (M5S) since August 2021.
The 2019 Democratic Party leadership election was an open primary election held on 3 March 2019. The election was triggered by the resignation of Matteo Renzi on 12 March 2018,following the party's defeat at the 2018 general election. Vice Secretary Maurizio Martina was appointed Secretary in July 2018 by the National Assembly,but he resigned after few months to officially start the party's congress.
The 2019 European Parliament election in Italy were held on 26 May 2019,electing members of the 9th Italian delegation to the European Parliament as part of the European elections held across the European Union.
Action is a liberal political party in Italy. Its leader is Carlo Calenda,a member of the European Parliament within the group of Renew Europe and former minister of Economic Development.
Vincenzo "Enzo" Amendola is an Italian politician of the Democratic Party (PD). On 5 September 2019,Amendola was appointed Minister of European Affairs in the second government of Giuseppe Conte.
