Are the big to drive the race for the European elections (voting today from 3pm to 11pm and tomorrow from 7am to 11pm; over 2 million 370 thousand Romans called to the polls, 11 thousand 800 adults voting for the first time). The first opponent to beat isabstentionism: In the 2019 “only the 48.9% of Romans (and 53.3% of Lazio) went to the polls. The strategy aims to gather consensus by riding the visibility (institutional and media) of leaders and government representatives who, having launched the sprint to the other candidates, will renounce their seats. They will be joined by leading figures in the political events of recent years and local figures who are aiming for the leap to the next level. TO captain the team of FdI she is the prime minister, Giorgia Melonion the field in all constituencies, in front of Nicola Procacciniformer mayor of Terracina and outgoing MEP.
New entries and veterans
Among the new entries Stefano Tozzi, municipal councilor in the 1st Municipality since 2006, close to Fabio Rampelli’s “seagulls” and involved in the battles for decorum and safety in the Esquilino district. For the Carroccio to take the field is Laura Cartaginese, regional councilor originally from Tivoli. Also in the running is a veteran of Capitoline politics (Ostia his main electoral area where he held the role of mini mayor) as Davide Bordoni, who left the seat in the Giulio Cesare chamber to play the Brussels card: after a long militancy in FI in 2020 he was co-founder of the Lega-Salvini Premier council group. A batch of seniors among the ranks of the Azzurri, headed by the Foreign Minister, Antonio Tajani, former president of the European Parliament from 2017 to 2019.
The FI candidates
Two FI veterans also aspire to a role in Europe: Renata Polverini, former secretary of the Ugl, elected president of Lazio in 2009 only to resign in 2012 after the “Fiorito case”; the other long-term policy that aims to remain in the EPP is Alessandra Mussolinioutgoing MEP who has already completed three mandates.
PD patrol
To lead the dem patrol and instead Elly Schlein, who like Meloni will renounce her seat to continue carrying out the role of secretary. Second on the list Nicola Zingaretti, former governor of Lazio for two terms, who on Wednesday closed the electoral campaign in Piazza dei Re di Roma (the mayor, Roberto Gualtieri, supported him, but not the ideologue of the PD Goffredo Bettini who supports the former director of Avvenire, Marco Tarquinius). He is also in the running for an encore Camilla Lauretiwho took over from David Sassoli, delegated to agricultural policies in the party secretariat.
M5S, Avs and Action
The M5S array Giuliano Pacettian early activist, who from the meetups landed first in the city council and then in the Region on the staff of councilor Valentina Corrado. Green Left Alliance starts again from the “Martian” Ignazio Marino, former mayor disheartened by the Dems in 2015 after almost two and a half years in Palazzo Senatorio. Also running Marilena Grassadonia, coordinator of the LGBTQI+ Rights office in the Capitol, for four years president of the «Rainbow Families» association. Third on the list Massimiliano Smeriglioformer coordinator of the Culture and Education commission in Brussels, journalist and ambassador of Telefono Rosa.
Action she runs alone, the leader is at the top Carlo Calendawhile the regional councilor of IV Marietta Tidei applies with United States of Europe.
In the last round the League exploited
Also of interest is comparison between parties: inlast round European (2019) the PD closed with almost the 24% on a regional basis and 26.7% of the preferences in Rome, and the M5S stabilized at altitude 18%but it was there League of Matteo Salvini to play the part of Lion raking in almost 800 thousand votes throughout Lazio (32.6%) and more than 500 thousand in the capital alone (29.6%). FdI by Giorgia Meloni yes stopped around 9% on both fronts. But the world has changed since then.
