M5s, the race for the European elections heats up: the candidates admitted to the second round of online consultations

The composition of the lists for European elections of the 5 Star Movement takes shape, but before deciding who will be able to compete for a seat in Brussels there will be a second round of the five-star online consultations. Last night, at 10pm, the first round of voting on the M5s’ self-nomination proposals on a regional basis concluded.

The names of the candidates admitted to the second round have been published by the Movement on its website and will compete in a new vote scheduled for April 22nd, from 10am to 10pm. In this case the vote will be on a constituency basis. For the moment the 5 Stars are limiting themselves to publishing a list of the candidates admitted to the second round, without reporting the number of preferences, so as not to influence the members for the next vote. After the second vote, the full results will be made public, with all the preferences.

The M5s candidates who pass to the second round of consultations for the EU Parliament

The lists published by the 5 Star Movement – here is the complete list of candidates admitted to the second round – see all the names in the running to form the lists for the European elections on 8 and 9 June. These are five different lists, one for each constituency. The first is that of Northwest, where there are two male and two female candidates in Liguria, 12 men and nine women in Lombardy, six men and five women in Piedmont. Among the names there are also those of Gaetano Pedullà (resigning director of The news) and of Simone Verni (former Lombard regional councilor).

In the North East there are two men for Friuli-Venezia Giulia, six men and six women for Emilia-Romagna, six men and two women for Veneto and a male candidate in Trentino-Alto Adige. The names also include that of the former deputy Paolo Bernini. In the Center Italy, however, there are eight male and eight female candidates in Lazio, two of each gender in the Marche and one for each in Umbria, with four men and three women in Tuscany. The former MEP are also candidates in this constituency Dario Tamburranothe former senator Gianluca Ferrara and the former Capitoline councilor Giuliano Pacetti.

To the South there are on the list a man and a woman for Abruzzo, a man for Basilicata, two men and two women for Calabria, eight men and eight women for Campania, a man for Molise and five men and five women for Puglia. Among the names there is also that of the former deputy Alessandro Melicchio. Finally, for the Islands constituency there are six candidates for each sex in Sicily and one in Sardinia. To find out all the details on the M5s candidatures, it will therefore now be necessary to wait for the second round of online consultations on 22 April.