Lists specially the ones related to FdI, Lega or M5S (with ongoing primaries) should be known in the next days. Letizia Moratti is running on FI lists meanwhile in AVS among the listheaders is the imprisoned activist in Hungary Ilaria Salis or former Roma mayor Ignazio Marino.
PD lists were reported in the press, with only few adjustments expected to be made.
Nord Ovest – Cecilia Strada, Brando Benifei (incumbent), Irene Tinagli (incumbent), Alessandro Zan, Antonella Parigi, Giorgio Gori, Eleonora Evi, Pierfrancesco Maran, Elena Accossato, Davide Mattiello, Monica Romano, Emanuele Fiano, Lucia Artusi, Fulvio Centoz, Donatella Alfonso, Fabio Pizzul, Luca Jahier;
Nord Est – Stefano Bonaccini, Annalisa Corrado, Ivan Petretti, Elisabetta Gualmini (incumbent), Alessandro Zan, Alessandra Moretti (incumbent), Giuditta Pini, Silvia Panini, Antonio Mumolo, Sara Vito, Marcello Saltarelli, Andrea Zanoni;
Centro – Elly Schlein, Nicola Zingaretti, Camilla Laureti (incumbent), Marco Tarquinio, Beatrice Covassi (incumbent), Dario Nardella, Daniela Rondinelli (incumbent), Matteo Ricci, Umberto Insolera, Alessia Morani, Marco Paciotti, Antonio Mazzeo;
Sud – Lucia Annunziata, Antonio Decaro, Pina Picierno (incumbent), Sandro Ruotolo, Jasmine Cristallo, Shadi Alizadeh, Giuseppina Paterna, Annamaria Becci, Francesco Forte, Luigi Tassone, Lello Topo, Francesco Todisco;
Isole – Elly Schlein, Antonio Nicita, Nidia Tilotta, Pietro Bartolo (incumbent), Angela Quaquero, Peppino Lupo.
Therefore, incumbents (who are still in PD group) not standing again are:
Patrizia Toia (74 years old, 20 years as MEP + 10 years as MP. Even had a stint as government minister back in D'Alema-Amato years)
Giuliano Pisapia (indipendent elected in PD list last time. 76 years old. 10 years as MP + 5 years as Mayor of Milan + 5 years as MEP)
Mercedes Bresso (80 years old. 9 years as president of Turin province, then 5 years as president of Piemonte region, then 5 years of MEP, failed to be re-elected in 2019 and went back in in 2023 after one resignation)
Paolo De Castro (66 years old. 15 years as MEP + 3 years as MP and 4 years as Cabinet minister for Agricolture).
Achille Variati (71 years old. Replaced Calenda in 2022. Previously 15 years as Mayor of Vincenza).
Franco Roberti (77 years old. Former National Anti-Mafia and Anti-Terrorism Prosecutor who was one of the head of lists last time).
So, all veteran politicians who are retiring or are being told to retire. Nothing too shocking IMO.
As for the new names, I am not particularly fond of this tendency of running "celebrity" candidates like Annunziata (a TV journalist/anchorwoman).
