Overview
- Announcing the decision at a Senate press conference with Carlo Calenda, Elisabetta Gualmini declared, “I join Renew Europe.”
- She will leave the Socialists and Democrats group to sit with Renew Europe, becoming Azione’s sole MEP after the party failed to elect members in 2024.
- Gualmini praised Azione’s pro‑European, pro‑Ukraine stance and criticized what she described as PD’s ambiguity on Ukraine and its justice campaign.
- She said she will vote yes in the referendum and condemned rhetoric she called populist within PD.
- Gualmini remains cited in the Qatargate inquiry; a Belgian request to lift her parliamentary immunity was voted down by the European Parliament and the investigation continues.