Emma Bonino, candidata de ’United States of Europe'

Former Prime Minister Matteo Renzi (Italia Viva) and the leader of +Europa party, Emma Bonino plan to run at the European election with a joint “United States of Europe” list.

The freshly formed united list, whose electoral programme is still not defined, brings together several parties of the Italian centre-left: Bonino’s +Europa, the Socialist Party, the Radicals, the Liberal Democrats (Libem), Volt and Renzi’s Italia Viva (Renew).

“We are working to bring to Brussels several MEPs who are not sovereignists or populists-people who believe in the United States of Europe. People who do politics”, said Renzi about his new project ahead of the EU elections in June.

However, the odds of reaching the declared objective to overcome the 4% threshold to obtain at least one seat in the European Parliament would be higher together with Carlo Calenda’s party Azione (Renew), who is hesitant to embark on a new political initiative with Renzi, after the recent flop of the ‘Third Pole’ with almost 8% in the 2022 general election.

https://www.euractiv.com/section/politics/news/eu-elections-italian-centre-left-rallies-behind-united-states-of-europe-bid/