There is still time until this evening at 8pm to present the lists with all the candidates for the next European elections, scheduled for 8 and 9 June, but for the Sicily-Sardinia Islands constituency all the boxes for parties and candidates have been definitively busy. Here is the detail:
Freedom-Cateno De Luca
The current mayor of Taormina and leader of the South calls North, Cateno De Luca is the head of the list in the “Islands of Freedom” constituency, with him the former parliamentarian Laura Castelli, the justice witness and former parliamentarian Piera Aiello, Edy Bandiera, Giulia Ferro, Barbara Figus, Ismaele La Vardera current vice president of the regional anti-mafia commission and Antonio Giuseppe Parrinello.
Democratic party
The head of the list is the national secretary of the party Elly Schlein, then the deputy group leader in the Senate Antonio Nicita, the journalist Lidia Tilotta, the outgoing MEP Pietro Bartolo, the Sardinian Angela Quaquero, the city councilor in Palermo and former leader of the Pd group at Ars Giuseppe Lupo , the former Messina parliamentarian Maria Flavia Timbro and Giuseppe Belvisi, teacher and expert on European funds for the environment.
FdI
Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni is at the top of the list, then, in order: Salvatore Deidda (member of the Chamber and president of the Transport Commission), Elvira Amata (councillor of the Sicilian Region for Tourism), Massimiliano Giammusso (mayor of Gravina di Catania and regional vice president of the Anci), Giuseppe Milazzo (outgoing MEP), Ruggero Razza (former councilor of the Sicilian Region for Health), Giusi Savarino (regional deputy in the third legislature) and Alessia Scorpo (Syracusan entrepreneur).
FI
At the top of the list are the European parliamentarian Caterina Chinnici, Michele Cossa, the former mayor of the city of Lula Maddalena Calia, the Sicilian coordinator of Noi moderato Massimo Dell’Utri, the regional councilor for the Economy Marco Falcone, the regional deputy and mayor of Capri Leone Bernardette Grasso, the regional deputy and mayor of Montevago Margherita La Rocca Ruvolo and the regional councilor for productive activities Edy Tamajo.
League
Heading the list are the European parliamentarian Annalisa Tardino, Roberto Vannacci, Ester Bonafede, Nino Germanà, Michelina Lunesu, Francesca Reitano, Raffaele Stancanelli and Girolamo Turano.
M5S
The head of the list will be the former president of the Nebrodi Park, who escaped a mafia ambush, Giuseppe Antoci, then Patrizio Cinque, Antonella Di Prima, Virginia Farruggia, Antonino Randazzo and Matilde Montaudo as well as the two Sardinians: Cinzia Pilo and Matteo Porcu.
United States of Europe
Rita Bernardini, former radical parliamentarian and prisoner’s rights activist, is the top of the list, followed by the president of the Gal Nebrodi Francesco Calanna, the former rector of Palermo Fabrizio Micari and Valentina Falletta, in the Italia viva quota, Luca Ballatore of the Psi, Pierina Puzzolu (Psi Sardinia), Carola Politi of + Europa and the leader of IV Matteo Renzi.
Action with Calenda
Leader of the list Carlo Calenda then Sonia Alfano, Gianfranco Damiani, Marina Benoni, Giangiacomo Palazzolo (former mayor of Cinisi and member of the Presidency Council of Administrative Justice), Rosanna Cocomero, Nicola Trudu, and the former minister for equal opportunities and the family Elena Bonetti.
Green Left Alliance
At the top of the list is the former mayor of Palermo Leoluca Orlando, then the activist Ilaria Salis, currently detained in Hungary, the former mayor of Riace Mimmo Lucano, Cinzia Dato, Emanuele Barbara, Giuliana Fiertler, Francesco Muscau and Stefania Pagliazzo.
Peace Earth Dignity
The candidates of Pace Terra Dignità are the leaders Michele Santoro, Benedetta Sebene, followed by the 93-year-old journalist Raniero Luigi La Valle, Federica Baccoli, Ginevra Roberta Bompiani, Giovanni Fresu, Antonino Mantineo and Elisa Monni.
