Curzio Maltese (born 30 March 1959) is an Italian journalist and politician.
Biography
He was born in Milan and raised in
Sesto San Giovanni
Sesto San Giovanni (; lmo, Sest San Giovann, label=Western Lombard ), locally referred to as just Sesto ( lmo, Sest, links=no), is a ''comune'' in the Metropolitan City of Milan, Lombardy, northern Italy. Its railway station is the northernmost s ...
, brother of RAI sports journalist
Cinzia Maltese, who died prematurely in 2002. After a period between factories and independent radio, he became a journalist.
He started dealing with sports and news for the newspapers
La Gazzetta dello Sport
''La Gazzetta dello Sport'' (; "The Sports Gazette") is an Italian daily newspaper dedicated to coverage of various sports. Founded in 1896, it is the most widely read daily newspaper of any kind in Italy (in 2018).
History and profile
''La ...
,
La Stampa
''La Stampa'' (meaning ''The Press'' in English) is an Italian daily newspaper published in Turin, Italy. It is distributed in Italy and other European nations. It is one of the oldest newspapers in Italy.
History and profile
The paper was fou ...
and
La Notte
''La Notte'' (; en, "The Night") is a 1961 drama film directed by Michelangelo Antonioni and starring Marcello Mastroianni, Jeanne Moreau and Monica Vitti (with Umberto Eco appearing in a cameo). Filmed on location in Milan, the film is the rela ...
. He was a columnist for the newspaper
La Repubblica
''la Repubblica'' (; the Republic) is an Italian daily general-interest newspaper. It was founded in 1976 in Rome by Gruppo Editoriale L'Espresso (now known as GEDI Gruppo Editoriale) and led by Eugenio Scalfari, Carlo Caracciolo and Arnoldo ...
and the weekly newspaper Il Sabato di Repubblica, where he also dealt with television and film criticism.
In 2014 he ran for the European elections as top candidate in the Northwest Italian constituency for
The Other Europe
The Other Europe ( it, L'Altra Europa), whose full name was The Other Europe with Tsipras (''L'Altra Europa con Tsipras'', AET), was a left-wing political organisation in Italy. It took part in the 2014 European Parliament election in support of A ...
list, in support of
Alexīs Tsipras as President of the European Commission, obtaining 31,980 preferences. Despite being the first of the unelected on his list, he entered the European Parliament following the renunciation of
Moni Ovadia
Salomone "Moni" Ovadia (born 16 April 1946 in Plovdiv) is a Bulgarian-born Italian actor, musician, singer and theatrical author. He is one of the most highly regarded figures in contemporary Italian culture. His theatrical performances recall ...
Europee 2014: Barbara Spinelli, meglio di no
/ref> and sat in the GUE/NGL group. In 2015 he entered the national presidency of Left Ecology Freedom
Left Ecology Freedom ( it, Sinistra Ecologia Libertà, SEL) was a democratic socialist political party in Italy whose bulk was formed by former members of the Communist Refoundation Party.
The party's leader was Nichi Vendola, a former President ...
, the party led by Nichi Vendola
Nicola "Nichi" Vendola (; born 26 August 1958) is an Italian left-wing politician and LGBT activist who was a Member of the Chamber of Deputies from Apulia from 1992 to 2005 and President of Apulia from 2005 to 2015. He is one of the first o ...
. In 2017 he was on the promoting committee of the Italian Left
Italian Left ( it, Sinistra Italiana, SI) is a left-wing political party in Italy. SI was launched in November 2015 as a parliamentary group in the Chamber of Deputies (full name: Italian Left – Left Ecology Freedom), including Left Ecology Fr ...
.
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1959 births
Living people
MEPs for Italy 2014–2019
21st-century Italian politicians
Politicians from Milan
The Other Europe MEPs
Italian Left politicians
Journalists from Milan
La Repubblica people