Endorsements in the 2020 Italian constitutional referendum

Feltri, Mattia (20 August 2020). "Appello ai costituzionalisti". HuffPost Italia (in Italian). This page lists individuals and organisations who publicly expressed an opinion regarding the 2020 Italian constitutional referendum.

Yes

Members of the government and institutions

Presidents of the Senate

Former

Presidents of the Chamber of Deputies

• Roberto Fico, President of the Chamber of Deputies (M5S) (2018–today)^[1]

Former

Prime Ministers

• Giuseppe Conte, 58th Prime Minister (Independent) (2018–2021)^[2]

Former

• Enrico Letta, 55th Prime Minister (PD) (2013–2014)^[3]

Ministers

• Luigi Di Maio, Minister of Foreign Affairs (M5S) (2019–today)^[4]
• Riccardo Fraccaro, Secretary of the Council of Ministers (M5S) (2019–today)^[5]

Former

• Mara Carfagna, Minister for Equal Opportunities (FI) (2008–2011)^[6]
• Mariastella Gelmini, Minister of Education, University and Research (FI) (2008–2011)^[7]
• Maurizio Martina, Minister of Agricultural, Food and Forestry Policies (PD) (2014–2018)^[8]
• Marco Minniti, Minister of the Interior (PD) (2016–2018)^[9]
• Matteo Salvini, Minister of the Interior (Lega) (2018–2019)^[10]

Members of local governments

Presidents of Regions

Current

• Stefano Bonaccini, President of Emilia-Romagna (PD) (2014–today)^[11]
• Giovanni Toti, President of Liguria (C!) (2015–today)^[12]
• Nicola Zingaretti, President of Lazio (PD) (2013–today)^[13]

Mayors of main cities

Current

• Dario Nardella, Mayor of Florence (PD) (2014–today)^[14]

Members of the Parliament

Members of the Chamber of Deputies

• Giuseppe Brescia (M5S)^[15]
• Stefano Ceccanti (PD)^[16]
• Francesco D'Uva (M5S)^[17]
• Stefano Fassina (PeC)^[18]
• Andrea Marcucci (PD)^[19]
• Andrea Romano (PD)^[20]

Former

Members of the Senate of the Republic

• Albert Lanièce (UV)^[21]
• Gianni Marilotti (M5S)^[22]
• Dario Parrini (PD)^[23]
• Stefano Ceccanti (PD)^[24]

Former

• Pietro Ichino (PD)^[25]
• Enrico Morando (PD)^[26]

International figures

Members of the European Parliament

• Ignazio Corrao (M5S)^[27]
• Dino Giarrusso (M5S)^[28]

From other European Union member states

Notable individuals

Journalists, commentators, and political satirists

• Giuliano Ferrara^[29]
• Claudio Cerasa^[30]
• Beppe Severgnini^[31]
• Antonio Polito^[32]
• Massimo Giletti^[33]
• Giovanni Floris^[33]

University and academic figures

Constitutional judges and lawyer

• Carlo Fusaro, jurist^[34]
• Valerio Onida, former President of the Constitutional Court of Italy^[35]
• Lorenza Carlassare, jurist^[36]
• Stefano Ceccanti, jurist and senator for the Democratic Party;^[37]

Others

• Tito Boeri, former President of the National Institute for Social Security (2014–2019)^[38]

Celebrities

Actors and film directors

Singers and producers

Writers and artists

Organisations

Committees

Logo	Campaign	Slogan	Spokesperson	Website
	Yes of the Liberties	Il sì delle Libertà	Silvia Ferrara and Pietro Paganini	www.ilsidelleliberta.it

Main political parties

Parties		Political orientation	Leader	Ref
	League (Lega)	Right-wing populism	Matteo Salvini	[39]
	Democratic Party (PD)	Social democracy	Nicola Zingaretti	[40]
	Five Star Movement (M5S)	Populism	Vito Crimi	[41]
	Forza Italia (FI)	Liberal conservatism	Silvio Berlusconi	[42]
	Brothers of Italy (FdI)	National conservatism	Giorgia Meloni	[43]
	Article One (Art. 1)	Social democracy	Roberto Speranza	[44]
	South Tyrolean People's Party (SVP)	Regionalism	Arno Kompatscher	[45]
	Cambiamo! (C!)	Liberal conservatism	Giovanni Toti	[46]

Minor parties

European political parties

Trade unions and business organisations

Newspapers

Newspapers	Political and cultural orientation
Il Fatto Quotidiano[47]	Populism, Anti-establishment
La Notizia[48]	Populism
Il Foglio[49]	Liberal conservatism

Periodicals

Other organisations

No

Members of the government and institutions

Presidents of the Senate

Former

• Pietro Grasso, 21st President of the Senate of the Republic (LeU) (2013–2018)^[50]
• Marcello Pera, 18th President of the Senate of the Republic (FI) (2001–2006)^[51]

Presidents of the Chamber of Deputies

Former

• Laura Boldrini, 14th President of the Chamber of Deputies (PD) (2013–2018)^[52]
• Pier Ferdinando Casini, 11th President of the Chamber of Deputies (CpE) (2001–2006)^[53]
• Luciano Violante, 10th President of the Chamber of Deputies (PD) (1996–2001)^[54]

Prime Ministers

Former

• Ciriaco De Mita, 47th Prime Minister of Italy (IP) (1988–1989)^[55]
• Romano Prodi, 52nd Prime Minister of Italy (PD) (1996–1998; 2006–2008)^[56]

Ministers

Former

• Emma Bonino, Minister of Foreign Affairs (+E) (2013–2014)^[57]
• Renato Brunetta, Minister of Public Administration and Innovation (FI) (2008–2011)^[58]
• Carlo Calenda, Minister of Economic Development (A) (2016–2018)^[59]
• Giuseppe Fioroni, Minister of Public Education (PD) (2006–2008)^[60]
• Gianfranco Rotondi, Minister for the Implementation of the Government Program (FI) (2008–2011)^[61]
• Walter Veltroni, Minister for Cultural Heritage (PD) (1996–1998)^[62]

Members of local governments

Presidents of Regions

• Vincenzo De Luca, President of Campania (PD) (2015–today)^[63]
• Vito Bardi, President of Basilicata (FI) (2019–today)^[64]
• Attilio Fontana, President of Lombardy (Lega) (2018–today)^[65]

Former

• Marcello Pittella, President of Basilicata (PD) (2013–2019)^[66]

Mayors of main cities

• Luigi De Magistris, Mayor of Naples^[67]
• Giorgio Gori, Mayor of Bergamo (PD)^[68]

Members of the Parliament

Members of the Chamber of Deputies

Current

• Simone Baldelli (FI)^[69]
• Deborah Bergamini (FI)^[70]
• Claudio Borghi (Lega)^[71]
• Elena Bruno Bossio (PD)^[72]
• Andrea Colletti (M5S)^[73]
• Nicola Fratoianni (SI)^[74]
• Alessandro Fusacchia (Independent)^[75]
• Roberto Giachetti (IV)^[76]
• Giancarlo Giorgetti (Lega)^[77]
• Mara Lapia (M5S)^[78]
• Lucio Malan (FI)^[79]
• Riccardo Magi (+E)^[80]
• Giorgio Mulé (FI)^[81]
• Osvaldo Napoli (FI)^[82]
• Matteo Orfini (PD)^[83]
• Guido Germano Pettarin (FI)^[84]
• Francesco Paolo Sisto (FI)^[85]
• Elisa Siragusa (M5S)^[78]
• Andrea Vallascas (M5S)^[78]
• Pierangelo Zanettin (FI)^[86]

Former

• Guido Crosetto (FdI)^[87]
• Gianni Cuperlo (PD)^[88]
• Andrea Mazziotti di Celso (A)^[89]
• Nicola Savino (PSI)^[90]

Members of the Senate of the Republic

• Andrea Cangini (FI)^[91]
• Giuseppe Luigi Cucca (IV)^[22]
• Saverio De Bonis (Independent)^[92]
• Gregorio de Falco (Independent)^[93]
• Luigi Di Marzio (Independent)^[94]
• Elena Fattori (Independent)^[95]
• Tommaso Nannicini (PD)^[96]
• Nazario Pagano (FI)^[97]
• Marco Perosino (FI)^[98]
• Tatjana Rojc (PD)^[99]

Former

• Giorgio Tonini (PD)^[100]

International figures

Members of the European Parliament

• Brando Benifei (PD)^[101]
• Sandro Gozi (IV)^[102]

From other European Union member states

Notable individuals

Journalists, commentators, and political satirists

• Pierluigi Battista^[103]
• Stefano Feltri^[104]

University and academic figures

• Alfonso Celotto, constitutional law professor at the Sapienza University of Rome^[105]
• Francesco Clemente, public comparative law professor at the University of Perugia^[106]
• Massimo Luciani, constitutional law professor at the Sapienza University of Rome^[107]
• Vincenzo Musacchio, jurist^[108]
• Marco Plutino, constitutional law professor at the University of Cassino^[109]
• Tomaso Montanari^[110]
• Massimo Villone, constitutional law professor at the University of Naples Federico II^[111]

Constitutional judges and lawyers

• Sabino Cassese, former judge of the Constitutional Court of Italy^[112]
• Giuseppe Tesauro, former President of the Constitutional Court of Italy^[113]

Others

• Marco Bentivogli, former secretary of the Italian Federation of Metal Mechanics (2014–2020)^[114]
• Sardines movement^[115]

Celebrities

Actors and film directors

• Massimo Ghini^[116]
• Cristina Comencini^[116]
• Sabina Guzzanti^[116]
• Gene Gnocchi^[116]
• Sabrina Ferilli^[116]
• Paolo Virzì^[117]
• Ivano Marescotti^[117]
• Luca Bizzarri^[117]

Singers and producers

• Roberto Vecchioni^[116]

Writers and artists

• Roberto Saviano
• Sandro Veronesi^[116]
• Michela Murgia^[116]
• Oliviero Toscani^[116]
• Makkox^[116]

Athletes

• Alessandro Costacurta^[118]

Organisations

Committees

Logo	Campaign	Slogan	Spokesperson	Website
	(N)Ours!	NOstra!	Jacopo Ricci	www.comitatonostra.it
	We NO	Noi NO	Andrea Pruiti Ciarello	noino.eu
	Democrats for the No	Democratici per il No	Giovanni Lattanzi	democraticiperilno.it Archived 2020-09-03 at the Wayback Machine
	Solidary Network in defense of the Constitution	Rete Solidale in difesa della Costituzione	Marina Calamo Specchia	—
	Popular Committee for the No to the parliamentary cut	Comitato popolare per il No al taglio dei parlamentari	Piero Pirovano	iovotono.eu Archived 2020-09-13 at the Wayback Machine
	3 Reasons for the No	3 motivi per il No	Stefano D'Andrea	3-motivi-per-il-no0.webnode.it
	Committee for the NO on changes to the Constitution to reduce the number of parliamentarians	Comitato per il NO sulle modifiche alla Costituzione per la riduzione del numero dei Parlamentari	Massimo Villone	coordinamentodemocraziacostituzionale.it noaltagliodelparlamento.it Archived 2020-08-15 at the Wayback Machine
	Committee for the NO to the Counter-reform	Comitato per il No alla Controriforma	Massimiliano Iervolino	radicali.it/campagne/no-alla-controriforma/ Archived 2020-08-11 at the Wayback Machine
	LET'S START WITH NO – Committee for the NO to the referendum on the cut of parliamentarians	COMINCIAMO DAL NO – Comitato per il NO al referendum sul taglio dei parlamentari	Simona Viola	piueuropa.eu/2020/02/22/comitatodelno/

Main political parties

Parties		Political orientation	Leader	Ref
	Action (Azione)	Social liberalism	Carlo Calenda	[119]
	Italian Left (SI)	Democratic socialism	Nicola Fratoianni	[120]
	More Europe (+Eu)	Liberalism	Benedetto Della Vedova	[121]
	Federation of the Greens (FdV)	Green politics	collective leadership	[122]
	Italia in Comune (IiC)	Progressivism	Federico Pizzarotti	[123]
	Power to the People (PaP)	Communism	Viola Carofalo	[124]
	Italian Socialist Party (PSI)	Social democracy	Enzo Maraio	[125]
	Associative Movement Italians Abroad (MAIE)	Italians abroad's interests	Ricardo Antonio Merlo	[126]
	South American Union Italian Emigrants (USEI)	Italians abroad's interests	Eugenio Sangregorio	[127]
	Communist Refoundation Party (PRC)	Communism	Maurizio Acerbo	[128]

Minor parties

Parties		Political orientation	Leader	Ref
	Energies for Italy (EpI)	Liberalism	Stefano Parisi	[129]
	Volt Italia	Pro-Europeanism	Federica Vinci	[130]
	Liberal Democratic Alliance for Italy	Classic liberalism	Franco Turco	[131]
	Democratic Centre (CD)	Christian left	Bruno Tabacci	[132]
	Christian Democracy (DC)	Christian democracy	Renato Grassi	[133]
	Italian Communist Party (PCI)	Communism	Mauro Alboresi	[134]
	Pact for Autonomy (PpA)	Autonomism	Massimo Moretuzzo	[135]
	The People of the Family (PdF)	Social conservatism	Mario Adinolfi	[136]
	Workers' Communist Party (PCL)	Communism	Marco Ferrando	[137]
	Italian Marxist–Leninist Party (PMLI)	Maoism	Giovanni Scuderi	[138]

European political parties

Trade unions and business organisations

Newspapers

Newspapers	Political and cultural orientation
la Repubblica[139]	Centrism, Liberalism
La Stampa[140]	Social liberalism
il manifesto[141]	Communism
Domani[142]	Social democracy, Cultural liberalism
HuffPost Italia[143]	Centrism
Il Riformista[144]	Liberalism, Reformism
Linkiesta[145]	Centrism, Liberalism
Avanti![146]	Social democracy (official newspaper of the Italian Socialist Party)

Periodicals

Periodicals	Political and cultural orientation
L'Espresso[147]	Progressivism
Left[148]	Democratic socialism

Other organisations

Organisations	Political and cultural orientation	Leaders
Fondazione Luigi Einaudi (FLE)[149]		Giuseppe Benedetto
Consiglio Generale degli Italiani all’Estero (CGIE)[150]		Michele Schiavone
National Association of the Italian Partisans (ANPI)[151]	Anti-fascism	Carla Nespolo
Italian Ricreative and Cultural Association (ARCI)[152]	Non-profit association	Francesca Chiavacci
Freedom and Justice (LeG)[153]	Non-profit association	Paul Ginsborg

Officially endorse neither side

Members of the government and institutions

Notable individuals

Constitutional judges and lawyer

• Gustavo Zagrebelsky, former President of the Constitutional Court of Italy^[154]

Organisations

Main political parties

Parties		Political orientation	Leader	Ref
	Italia Viva (IV)	Liberalism	Matteo Renzi	[155]