Overview

• Regional party secretaries meeting in Lamezia Terme formally confirmed Pasquale Tridico as the centre-left candidate for the 5–6 October regional election.
• ANSA reports the coalition counts 11 parties after Carlo Calenda said Azione will not field lists or support candidates tied to the Five Star Movement.
• National leaders Elly Schlein, Giuseppe Conte, Angelo Bonelli and Nicola Fratoianni had already given substantive approval in a videoconference earlier this week.
• Tridico is a former INPS president and now heads the M5S delegation in the European Parliament, and he publicly accepted the nomination.
• He will face outgoing governor Roberto Occhiuto of Forza Italia, who resigned following a corruption investigation and is seeking re-election, with reserved polls cited in reporting suggesting Tridico is the opposition’s strongest challenger.