2025 More Europe leadership election

2025 More Europe leadership election
300 delegates for the Congress; 151 delegates votes needed to win
Registered	5,875
Turnout	5,204 (88.6%)
Previous Secretary; Riccardo Magi;	Secretary ; Riccardo Magi;

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.^[1]

Procedure

Timetable

Timetable of events for the 2025 More Europe leadership election^[2]^[3]^[4]
Date(s)	Event
27 October 2024	Assembly approves the Congress rules and deliberates on key dates for the third Congress. Primaries begin.^[5]
31 December 2024	Enrollment for members closes.
7 January 2025	Opening of the pre-congressional phase.
9 January	Submission of candidacies for delegates closes.
10 January	Submission of candidacies for statutory amendments opens.
11–19 January	Party members can endorse candidacies for delegates.
26–27–28 January	Election of delegates takes place.
28 January	Publication of results for the elected delegates.
29 January	Submission of candidacies for statutory amendments closes.
1–6 February	Signing on statutory amendments takes place.
28 January–9 February	Filing of candidacies for the Secretary, President, Treasurer, and Assembly lists.
7–9 February	Start of the Congress, held in Rome.
9 February	Submission of candidacies for Assembly lists closes.
9 February	Election of the Secretary, President, Treasurer, and Assembly members takes place.

Candidates

Secretary

Portrait	Name		Most recent position	Announced	Refs
		Riccardo Magi (age 48)	Member of the Chamber of Deputies for More Europe (2018–present) Other positions President of More Europe (2021–2023) Secretary of Italian Radicals (2015–2018) President of Italian Radicals (2014–2015) Municipal Councillor of Rome (2013–2016)	9 February 2025

Assembly Lists

List		Campaign 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	100.00

Valid votes		277	94.86
Invalid votes		20	6.85
Votes cast / Turnout		292	97.33
Abstentions		8	2.67
Registered delegates		300	100.00

Source: Results

Vote by delegates

Magi			74.0%
Blank ballots			26.0%

President

Candidate		Votes	%
	Matteo Hallissey	198	69.47
	Benedetto Della Vedova	87	30.52

Total		285	100.00

Valid votes		285	96.61
Invalid votes		4	1.35
Blank votes		7	2.36
Votes cast / Turnout		296	98.7
Abstentions		4	1.33
Registered delegates		300	100.00

Source: Results

Vote by delegates

Hallissey			69.5%
Della Vedova			30.5%

Delegates

Lists		Votes	%	Weighted votes	%	Delegates
	IMAGIne The European Revolution	—		2,425.7	40.83	123 / 300
	Operation Millennium			1,508.75	25.40	76 / 300
	United States of Europe			835.5	14.06	42 / 300
	Heretik!			657.7	11.07	33 / 300
	Europeanism or Fascism			512.9	8.63	26 / 300

Total		—		5,940.55	100.00	300

Valid votes		—		5,940.55	99.14	—
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	%	Seats
	Operation Millennium	70	23.97	21 / 100
	Let's Root More Europe in the Territories	57	19.52	18 / 100
	IMAGIne The European Revolution	56	19.18	17 / 100
	United States of Europe	45	15.41	14 / 100
	Heretik!	36	12.33	11 / 100
	Europeanism or Fascism	28	9.59	9 / 100
Blank votes		3	1.03	—
Votes cast / Turnout		295	98.33
Abstenstions		5	1.67
	Magi's list^[a]			10 / 100
Total		300	100.0	100

Source: Results

^ Ten seats are assigned to the winner Secretary's list, that does not directly run as an Assembly list.

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.^[6]^[7]

References

^ "Più Europa, il giovane Hallissey batte a sorpresa Della Vedova e viene eletto presidente. Magi riconfermato segretario". Il Fatto Quotidiano (in Italian). 9 February 2025. Retrieved 10 February 2025.
^ "Congresso 2025". +Europa (in Italian). Retrieved 4 February 2025.
^ "REGOLAMENTO DEL CONGRESSO DI +EUROPA" (PDF) (in Italian). Retrieved 4 February 2025.
^ "Proposta di introduzione di disposizioni transitorie al Regolamento del IV Congresso Nazionale 7-9 febbraio 2025" (PDF) (in Italian). Retrieved 4 February 2025.
^ "Convocato il 4 Congresso di Più Europa". +Europa (in Italian). Retrieved 4 February 2025.
^ "PiùEuropa, i Re Magi delle tessere: lo scandalo delle iscrizioni di Capodanno". www.iltempo.it (in Italian). Retrieved 11 February 2025.
^ Torchiaro, Aldo (11 February 2025). "Così PiùEuropa diventa PiùGiugliano: la cordata campana e la rivolta interna". Il Riformista (in Italian).

[seats-6] Ten seats are assigned to the winner Secretary's list, that does not directly run as an Assembly list.

[1] "Più Europa, il giovane Hallissey batte a sorpresa Della Vedova e viene eletto presidente. Magi riconfermato segretario". Il Fatto Quotidiano (in Italian). 9 February 2025. Retrieved 10 February 2025.

[2] "Congresso 2025". +Europa (in Italian). Retrieved 4 February 2025.

[3] "REGOLAMENTO DEL CONGRESSO DI +EUROPA" (PDF) (in Italian). Retrieved 4 February 2025.

[4] "Proposta di introduzione di disposizioni transitorie al Regolamento del IV Congresso Nazionale 7-9 febbraio 2025" (PDF) (in Italian). Retrieved 4 February 2025.

[5] "Convocato il 4 Congresso di Più Europa". +Europa (in Italian). Retrieved 4 February 2025.

[7] "PiùEuropa, i Re Magi delle tessere: lo scandalo delle iscrizioni di Capodanno". www.iltempo.it (in Italian). Retrieved 11 February 2025.

[8] Torchiaro, Aldo (11 February 2025). "Così PiùEuropa diventa PiùGiugliano: la cordata campana e la rivolta interna". Il Riformista (in Italian).

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