Politics · Italy · 12 hrs ago
Cosimo Ferri returns to Italy’s CSM as an independent member
Cosimo Ferri has been elected to Italy’s Superior Council of the Judiciary, known as the CSM, as an independent member.
Ferri is a magistrate who has also held government and parliamentary roles.
He was involved in the “Hotel Champagne” affair, which Italy’s president condemned as an unacceptable mixing of politicians and magistrates.
Ferri won through a proportional seat-recovery rule introduced by the Cartabia reform, after standing without a link to a judicial association known as a current.
The author, a magistrate in Palermo’s anti-mafia district office, argues that currents make judicial candidates and their choices more accountable through public rules, debate and participation.
He says informal groups may lack those safeguards and operate less openly.
The author sees transparency and participation as essential to the judiciary’s self-governance; no further steps are described.
Cosimo Maria Ferri was elected to Italy’s Superior Council of the Judiciary as an independent candidate.
His election came through proportional allocation under the Cartabia reform.
Ferri is a magistrate who has also served as a state undersecretary and a member of parliament.
The article says his candidacy was not linked to any magistrates’ group, or “current.”
Author Giovanni Antoci argues that the election highlights the role of magistrates’ associations in promoting transparency and accountability.
- Who
- Cosimo Maria Ferri, a magistrate and former state undersecretary and member of parliament.
- What
- He was elected to the Superior Council of the Judiciary as an independent member.
- When
- Not stated.
- Where
- Italy.
- Why
- He was elected through proportional allocation under the Cartabia reform. The article does not state why voters supported him.
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- Elected member
- Cosimo Maria Ferri
- Council
- Superior Council of the Judiciary
- Election method
- Proportional allocation under the Cartabia reform
- Published
- 2 November 2026
What people are saying
grave dismay and condemnation
an unacceptable mixing of politicians and magistrates