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Raffaele TOPO

S&DSocialists and Democrats
Partito Democratico

Tracked since 28/10/2024

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Total assistants

22

Currently active

5

Total departed

17

Departed share

77.3%

17 of 22

Also draws on 5 shared assistants (4 currently, 1 former) — pooled staff are employed by a grouping of Members and are excluded from the figures above.

Office over time

22 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 26MARIA TRANIMarilù MUSTOFabio MANCINIAntonio ROTUNNOProto FAUSTOMiriam Francesca TROTTAFrancesca CAPUANOGiosue DI MARINOMaria Rosaria FERRARAValentina CARCAVALLOFrancesco CACCIAPAGLIAFausto PROTOGiuseppe DI PALMAGaspare D'ESPOSITOCarmelo MASTURSIGiuseppe NOCERAGiovanni PALUMBOFabio SANTOROEmilio GAETACarolina SCHETTINOLuigi CIMMINOMichele BUONANNO
Accredited assistantsLocal assistantsPaying agentsSpecialised service providersService providersin postdepartedfaded edge = start or end not known to the day
Office timeline
NameCategoryFromTo
MARIA TRANIAccredited assistantstracked since 28/10/2024in post
Marilù MUSTOAccredited assistantstracked since 28/10/2024in post
Fabio MANCINILocal assistants12/11/2024left before Mar 2026
Antonio ROTUNNOLocal assistants21/11/2024in post
Proto FAUSTOLocal assistants30/11/2024left before Mar 2026
Miriam Francesca TROTTALocal assistants07/12/2024left before Mar 2026
Francesca CAPUANOLocal assistants11/12/2024left before Mar 2026
Giosue DI MARINOLocal assistants12/12/2024left before Mar 2026
Maria Rosaria FERRARALocal assistants16/12/2024left before Mar 2026
Valentina CARCAVALLOLocal assistants08/02/202502/08/2026
Francesco CACCIAPAGLIALocal assistants12/02/2025left before Mar 2026
Fausto PROTOLocal assistants24/05/2025left before Mar 2026
Giuseppe DI PALMALocal assistants30/07/202502/04/2026
Gaspare D'ESPOSITOLocal assistants01/08/202502/08/2026
Carmelo MASTURSILocal assistants01/03/202612/06/2026
Giuseppe NOCERALocal assistants29/03/202602/08/2026
Giovanni PALUMBOLocal assistants22/04/202601/07/2026
Fabio SANTOROPaying agentstracked since 28/10/2024in post
Emilio GAETASpecialised service providers25/03/202602/04/2026
Carolina SCHETTINOSpecialised service providers01/08/202602/08/2026
Luigi CIMMINOSpecialised service providers02/10/2026in post
Michele BUONANNOService providers21/06/2025left before Mar 2026

Departed share comparison

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

This Member77.3%
EP average30.2%
Italy35.6%
Group of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats in the European Parliament27.2%

By category

CategoryOwn activeOwn departedOwn totalPool activePool total
Local assistants1141500
Specialised service providers12300
Accredited assistants20200
Paying agents10100
Service providers01100
Accredited assistants (grouping)00045

Active assistants · 9

NameCategorySince
Marilù MUSTOAccredited assistants28/10/2024
MARIA TRANIAccredited assistants28/10/2024
Emiliano CIPOLLAAccredited assistants (grouping)28/10/2024
SILVIA DRAGONIAccredited assistants (grouping)28/10/2024
Carla MARCHIONNAAccredited assistants (grouping)28/10/2024
Marco MONGIELLOAccredited assistants (grouping)28/10/2024
Antonio ROTUNNOLocal assistants21/11/2024
Fabio SANTOROPaying agents28/10/2024
Luigi CIMMINOSpecialised service providers02/10/2026

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 Raffaele TOPO per month
MonthCountEstimated
2024-114yes
2024-124yes
2025-014yes
2025-025yes
2025-035yes
2025-045yes
2025-055yes
2025-065yes
2025-076yes
2025-087yes
2025-097yes
2025-107yes
2025-117yes
2025-127yes
2026-017yes
2026-027yes
2026-0310no
2026-049no
2026-059no
2026-068no
2026-077no
2026-084no
2026-094no
2026-105no

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

8 dated departures · office median 4 mo · Parliament median 16 mo

Tenure of departed staff, months
Carolina SCHETTINO0
Emilio GAETA1
Carmelo MASTURSI3
Giovanni PALUMBO3
Giuseppe NOCERA5
Giuseppe DI PALMA9
Gaspare D'ESPOSITO12
Valentina CARCAVALLO18

Former assistants · 18

NameCategoryFromToDuration
Carolina SCHETTINOSpecialised service providers01/08/202602/08/2026< 1 month
Giuseppe NOCERALocal assistants29/03/202602/08/20265m
Gaspare D'ESPOSITOLocal assistants01/08/202502/08/20261y
Valentina CARCAVALLOLocal assistants08/02/202502/08/20261y 6m
Giovanni PALUMBOLocal assistants22/04/202601/07/20263m
Carmelo MASTURSILocal assistants01/03/202612/06/20263m
Emilio GAETASpecialised service providers25/03/202602/04/20261m
Giuseppe DI PALMALocal assistants30/07/202502/04/20269m
Michele BUONANNOService providers21/06/2025left before Mar 2026—
Fausto PROTOLocal assistants24/05/2025left before Mar 2026—
SARA GISONAccredited assistants (grouping)23/05/2025left before Mar 2026—
Francesco CACCIAPAGLIALocal assistants12/02/2025left before Mar 2026—
Maria Rosaria FERRARALocal assistants16/12/2024left before Mar 2026—
Giosue DI MARINOLocal assistants12/12/2024left before Mar 2026—
Francesca CAPUANOLocal assistants11/12/2024left before Mar 2026—
Miriam Francesca TROTTALocal assistants07/12/2024left before Mar 2026—
Proto FAUSTOLocal assistants30/11/2024left before Mar 2026—
Fabio MANCINILocal assistants12/11/2024left 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 →