Politics · Italy · 12 hrs ago
Bologna centrist parties prepare for 2027 elections, with Gualmini in focus
Azione and other centrist groups are preparing an alliance for Bologna’s 2027 elections.
At an event in the city, they also launched a campaign against disinformation and what they called Russian propaganda.
Azione leader Carlo Calenda said the group would name a mayoral candidate within a month, but no candidate has been confirmed.
European Parliament member Elisabetta Gualmini drew attention as a possible choice, while saying she had not decided whether to run.
The group wants to offer voters an alternative to the left and right and is seeking cooperation with civic groups in Bologna.
Its first priority is the 2027 national election, while Bologna will also hold local elections that year.
The centrist alliance is still working out who will join it and who will lead its local campaign.
Centrist parties in Bologna are preparing a political alliance ahead of the 2027 national and local elections.
Azione leader Carlo Calenda said a centrist mayoral candidate for Bologna would be named within a month.
European Parliament member Elisabetta Gualmini is widely viewed as a likely candidate but has not confirmed whether she will run.
The group is seeking to broaden its alliance to include civic groups, with support dependent on agreement over policy.
At an event in Bologna, the group also launched a national campaign against disinformation and hybrid warfare.
- Who
- Azione, the Partito liberaldemocratico and Spazio pubblico are involved in the centrist initiative. Elisabetta Gualmini is a possible mayoral candidate.
- What
- Centrist parties are preparing an alliance and candidate for Bologna’s 2027 elections, while also working toward a national political list.
- When
- The elections are due in 2027. Calenda said the Bologna mayoral candidate would be announced within a month.
- Where
- Bologna, including an event at the Nosadella cinema.
- Why
- The parties aim to offer an alternative to the left and right and to bring together centrist and civic groups.
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Centrist figures discussed a political list and a Bologna alliance, and launched a national campaign against disinformation.
Calenda said the centrists would announce their candidate for mayor of Bologna.
Bologna is due to hold local elections, alongside Italy’s national elections.
- Event venue
- Nosadella cinema, Bologna
- Potential mayoral candidate
- Elisabetta Gualmini
- Candidate announcement
- Calenda said it would come within a month
- Parties named
- Azione, Partito liberaldemocratico and Spazio pubblico
- Election year
- 2027
What people are saying
The candidate for mayor of the centrists in Bologna will arrive within a month
An alternative to the left and the right. As at the national elections, the Centre will be there.
This is a city that has been very divided for too long, split in two like an apple. It needs to be stitched back together.
Help us build the alternative to the fake bipolar system squeezed between the populisms of Conte and Salvini.