The 2025 More Europe leadership election was a congressional primary election that took place on 7, 8, and 9 February 2025 in Rome to elect the new party leadership. Riccardo Magi has been re-elected as secretary of More Europe, while Matteo Hallissey, former secretary and current president of Italian Radicals, has been elected as president. Hallissey won against the former secretary of More Europe, Benedetto Della Vedova, despite the latter having the endorsement of Riccardo Magi and Emma Bonino.
Procedure Timetable + Timetable of events for the 2025 More Europe leadership election Date(s) Event Assembly approves the Congress rules and deliberates on key dates for the third Congress. Primaries begin. Enrollment for members closes. Opening of the pre-congressional phase. Submission of candidacies for delegates closes. Submission of candidacies for statutory amendments opens. Party members can endorse candidacies for delegates. Election of delegates takes place. Publication of results for the elected delegates. Submission of candidacies for statutory amendments closes. Signing on statutory amendments takes place. Filing of candidacies for the Secretary, President, Treasurer, and Assembly lists. Start of the Congress, held in Rome. Submission of candidacies for Assembly lists closes. Election of the Secretary, President, Treasurer, and Assembly members takes place.
Candidates Secretary Portrait NameMost recent position Announced Riccardo Magi 9 February 2025
Assembly Lists ListCampaign website Top candidate Supported Secretary Heretic!(Eretika!) — Alfonso Maria Gallo — Europeanism or Fascism(Europeismo o Fascismo) Facebook page Agnese Balducci Riccardo Magi IMAGIne The European Revolution(ImMAGIna La Rivoluzione Europea Facebook page Riccardo Magi Riccardo Magi Operation Millennium(Operazione Millennium) — Angelo Cenicola — Let's Root More Europe in the Territories(Radichiamo +Europa sui Territori) — Riccardo Volpe Riccardo Magi United States of Europe(Stati Uniti d'Europa) Facebook page Benedetto Della Vedova — Source: Assembly lists
Results Secretary Candidate Votes % Riccardo Magi 205 74.01 Blank ballots 72 25.99 Total 277 100.00Valid votes 277 94.86Invalid votes 20 6.85 Votes cast / Turnout 292 97.33 Abstentions 8 2.67 Registered delegates 300 100.00 Source: Results
President Candidate Votes % Matteo Hallissey 198 69.47 Benedetto Della Vedova 87 30.52 Total 285 100.00Valid votes 285 96.61Invalid votes 4 1.35Blank votes 7 2.36 Votes cast / Turnout 296 98.7 Abstentions 4 1.33 Registered delegates 300 100.00 Source: Results
Delegates Lists Votes % Weighted votes % DelegatesIMAGIne The European Revolution rowspan="5" colspan="2" 2,425.7 40.83 Operation Millennium 1,508.75 25.40 United States of Europe 835.5 14.06 Heretik! 657.7 11.07 Europeanism or Fascism 512.9 8.63 Total colspan="2" 5,940.55 100.00 300 Valid votes rowspan="2" colspan="2" 5,940.55 99.14 rowspan="5" Invalid and blank votes 51.7 0.86 Votes cast / Turnout 5,204 88.58 5,992.25 88.13 Abstentions 671 11.42 807.40 11.87 Registered voters 5,875 100.00 6,799.65 100.00 Source: Delegates elected
Assembly Lists Votes % SeatsOperation Millennium 70 23.97 Let's Root More Europe in the Territories 57 19.52 IMAGIne The European Revolution 56 19.18 United States of Europe 45 15.41 Heretik! 36 12.33 Europeanism or Fascism 28 9.59 Blank votes 3 1.03rowspan="3" Votes cast / Turnout 295 98.33 Abstenstions 5 1.67Magi's list Total300100.0100 Source: Results
Aftermath Just four days before the party enrollment closed for voting on December 31, 1,900 people, mainly from Giugliano in Campania and Afragola, joined the party. After party members elected the delegates, 61 delegates from the "ImMAGIna" list led by Riccardo Magi split off and created their own list called "Let's Root More Europe in the Territories," led by Rosario Mariniello. This led to a heated confrontation during the Congress, as the Board of Trustees of More Europe was tasked with investigating the sudden mass memberships and verifying whether each of the 1,900 individuals had paid with their own credit card. However, the Board failed to determine the regularity of these memberships since privacy rules prevented verification of the payments.
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