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Elena DONAZZAN

ECREuropean Conservatives and Reformists
FRATELLI D' ITALIA

Tracked since 28/10/2024

Total assistants

14

Currently active

7

Total departed

7

Departed share

50.0%

7 of 14

Also draws on 1 shared assistants (1 currently, 0 former) — pooled staff are employed by a grouping of Members and are excluded from the figures above.

Office over time

14 own staff since we started watching

One bar per person, from the day we first saw them to the day they left — or until today. A faded left edge means they were already in place on 28/10/2024; a faded right edge means they left at an unknown date before 03/03/2026.

Jan 25Apr 25Jul 25Oct 25Jan 26Apr 26Jul 26Oct 26Chiara PELLANDAGiovanni BAGGIODavide BERTONTommaso RAZZOLINIAlessandro BENIGNOAlex CIONIRoberta GARBUIOMatteo FABRISMelissa SANTINNicolo' Stefano ALDIGHIERILuca PRIOLIStefano MASARINMaria Chiara PELLIZZARIBrando FIORAVANZI
Accredited assistantsLocal assistantsPaying agentsService providersin postdepartedfaded edge = start or end not known to the day
Office timeline
NameCategoryFromTo
Chiara PELLANDAAccredited assistantstracked since 28/10/2024in post
Giovanni BAGGIOAccredited assistantstracked since 28/10/2024in post
Davide BERTONAccredited assistants07/03/2025left before Mar 2026
Tommaso RAZZOLINIAccredited assistants01/03/202602/09/2026
Alessandro BENIGNOLocal assistants07/11/2024in post
Alex CIONILocal assistants15/11/202402/04/2026
Roberta GARBUIOLocal assistants14/12/2024in post
Matteo FABRISLocal assistants02/01/2025left before Mar 2026
Melissa SANTINLocal assistants02/09/2025in post
Nicolo' Stefano ALDIGHIERILocal assistants05/03/202602/09/2026
Luca PRIOLILocal assistants24/07/2026in post
Stefano MASARINPaying agentstracked since 28/10/2024in post
Maria Chiara PELLIZZARIService providers07/12/2024left before Mar 2026
Brando FIORAVANZIService providers02/09/2025left before Mar 2026

Departed share comparison

Share of observed own staff who have since left (since 28 Oct 2024).

This Member50.0%
EP average30.2%
Italy35.6%
European Conservatives and Reformists Group32.9%

By category

CategoryOwn activeOwn departedOwn totalPool activePool total
Local assistants43700
Accredited assistants22400
Service providers02200
Paying agents10100
Accredited assistants (grouping)00011

Active assistants · 8

NameCategorySince
Giovanni BAGGIOAccredited assistants28/10/2024
Chiara PELLANDAAccredited assistants28/10/2024
Francesca LECHIARAAccredited assistants (grouping)28/10/2024
Alessandro BENIGNOLocal assistants07/11/2024
Roberta GARBUIOLocal assistants14/12/2024
Melissa SANTINLocal assistants02/09/2025
Luca PRIOLILocal assistants24/07/2026
Stefano MASARINPaying agents28/10/2024

Office size

Own staff in post per month. Dashed before 03/03/2026: reconstructed from arrivals only. The dashed horizontal line is the median office in the Parliament (5).

Own staff of Elena DONAZZAN per month
MonthCountEstimated
2024-115yes
2024-126yes
2025-016yes
2025-026yes
2025-036yes
2025-046yes
2025-056yes
2025-066yes
2025-076yes
2025-086yes
2025-097yes
2025-107yes
2025-117yes
2025-127yes
2026-017yes
2026-027yes
2026-039no
2026-048no
2026-058no
2026-068no
2026-079no
2026-089no
2026-097no
2026-107no

How long staff stayed

Tenure of staff whose departure is dated. Contracts that ended before 03/03/2026 have no known length and are not shown.

06 mo12 mo18 mo24 moEP median

3 dated departures · office median 6 mo · Parliament median 16 mo

Tenure of departed staff, months
Nicolo' Stefano ALDIGHIERI6
Tommaso RAZZOLINI6
Alex CIONI17

Former assistants · 7

NameCategoryFromToDuration
Tommaso RAZZOLINIAccredited assistants01/03/202602/09/20266m
Nicolo' Stefano ALDIGHIERILocal assistants05/03/202602/09/20266m
Alex CIONILocal assistants15/11/202402/04/20261y 5m
Maria Chiara PELLIZZARIService providers07/12/2024left before Mar 2026—
Matteo FABRISLocal assistants02/01/2025left before Mar 2026—
Davide BERTONAccredited assistants07/03/2025left before Mar 2026—
Brando FIORAVANZIService providers02/09/2025left before Mar 2026—

Our record of the register begins 28/10/2024. "Tracked since" marks a person who was already in place on that day — their actual start date is earlier and is not published to us. Read about the data →