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Valentina PALMISANO

The LeftThe Left — GUE/NGL
Movimento 5 Stelle

Tracked since 28/10/2024

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Total assistants

16

Currently active

8

Total departed

8

Departed share

50.0%

8 of 16

Also draws on 7 shared assistants (6 currently, 1 former) — pooled staff are employed by a grouping of Members and are excluded from the figures above.

Office over time

16 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 26Andrea MARTUCCIFrancesco VOLPEGoffredo CARDINALEDanilo SANTOROLoredana PIERNOElisa SCUTELLA'Fabrizio ABBRACCIAVENTOGiorgia SACCOFederica MINETTIVincenzo GRECOAlberto Claudio DE GIGLIOMaura ZINNAMirella LIUZZIPierluigi CANONACOAntonio BARLETTAMarco NOTARO
Accredited assistantsLocal assistantsPaying agentsService providersin postdepartedfaded edge = start or end not known to the day
Office timeline
NameCategoryFromTo
Andrea MARTUCCIAccredited assistantstracked since 28/10/2024in post
Francesco VOLPEAccredited assistantstracked since 28/10/2024in post
Goffredo CARDINALEAccredited assistantstracked since 28/10/2024in post
Danilo SANTOROLocal assistantstracked since 28/10/2024left before Mar 2026
Loredana PIERNOLocal assistants09/03/2025in post
Elisa SCUTELLA'Local assistants04/04/2025left before Mar 2026
Fabrizio ABBRACCIAVENTOLocal assistants02/05/2025left before Mar 2026
Giorgia SACCOLocal assistants08/06/202502/10/2026
Federica MINETTILocal assistants12/11/2025left before Mar 2026
Vincenzo GRECOLocal assistants07/12/2025left before Mar 2026
Alberto Claudio DE GIGLIOLocal assistants02/04/2026in post
Maura ZINNALocal assistants02/08/2026in post
Mirella LIUZZILocal assistants02/08/2026in post
Pierluigi CANONACOPaying agentstracked since 28/10/2024in post
Antonio BARLETTAService providers11/01/2025left before Mar 2026
Marco NOTAROService providers10/04/2025left 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%
The Left group in the European Parliament - GUE/NGL32.0%

By category

CategoryOwn activeOwn departedOwn totalPool activePool total
Local assistants461000
Accredited assistants30300
Service providers02200
Paying agents10100
Accredited assistants (grouping)00067

Active assistants · 14

NameCategorySince
Goffredo CARDINALEAccredited assistants28/10/2024
Andrea MARTUCCIAccredited assistants28/10/2024
Francesco VOLPEAccredited assistants28/10/2024
Davide D'ANTONIAccredited assistants (grouping)28/10/2024
Diego DESTROAccredited assistants (grouping)28/10/2024
Sandro GORIAccredited assistants (grouping)28/10/2024
Luca Biagio Raimondo PATANÈAccredited assistants (grouping)28/10/2024
Caterina RISTORIAccredited assistants (grouping)28/10/2024
Dario SOLDIAccredited assistants (grouping)28/10/2024
Loredana PIERNOLocal assistants09/03/2025
Alberto Claudio DE GIGLIOLocal assistants02/04/2026
Mirella LIUZZILocal assistants02/08/2026
Maura ZINNALocal assistants02/08/2026
Pierluigi CANONACOPaying 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 Valentina PALMISANO per month
MonthCountEstimated
2024-114yes
2024-124yes
2025-014yes
2025-024yes
2025-035yes
2025-045yes
2025-055yes
2025-066yes
2025-076yes
2025-086yes
2025-096yes
2025-106yes
2025-116yes
2025-126yes
2026-016yes
2026-026yes
2026-036no
2026-047no
2026-057no
2026-067no
2026-077no
2026-089no
2026-099no
2026-108no

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

1 dated departure · office median 16 mo · Parliament median 16 mo

Tenure of departed staff, months
Giorgia SACCO16

Former assistants · 9

NameCategoryFromToDuration
Giorgia SACCOLocal assistants08/06/202502/10/20261y 4m
LORENZO POGGIAccredited assistants (grouping)28/10/2024left before Mar 2026—
Danilo SANTOROLocal assistants28/10/2024left before Mar 2026—
Antonio BARLETTAService providers11/01/2025left before Mar 2026—
Elisa SCUTELLA'Local assistants04/04/2025left before Mar 2026—
Marco NOTAROService providers10/04/2025left before Mar 2026—
Fabrizio ABBRACCIAVENTOLocal assistants02/05/2025left before Mar 2026—
Federica MINETTILocal assistants12/11/2025left before Mar 2026—
Vincenzo GRECOLocal assistants07/12/2025left 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 →