Endorsements in the Italian constitutional referendum, 2016

This page lists individuals and organisations who publicly expressed an opinion regarding the Italian constitutional referendum, 2016.

Yes

Members of the government and institutions

Giorgio Napolitano

Presidents of Italy

Former

Giorgio Napolitano, 11th President of Italy (Independent)

Presidents of the Senate

Current

Piero Grasso, 39th President of the Senate (PD)

Former

Presidents of the Chamber of Deputies

Current

Laura Boldrini, 41st President of the Chamber of Deputies (SI)

Former

Prime Ministers

Matteo Renzi

Current

Matteo Renzi, 56th Prime Minister (PD)

Former

Giuliano Amato, 48th Prime Minister (PD)
Enrico Letta, 55th Prime Minister (PD)
Romano Prodi, 52nd Prime Minister (Independent)

Ministers

Maria Elena Boschi

Pier Carlo Padoan

Current

Angelino Alfano, Minister of the Interior (NCD)
Maria Elena Boschi, Minister of Constitutional Reform (PD)
Carlo Calenda, Minister of Economic Development (PD)
Enrico Costa, Minister of Regional Affairs and Autonomies (NCD)
Graziano Delrio, Minister of Infrastructures and Transports (PD)
Dario Franceschini, Minister of Culture and Tourism (PD)
Gian Luca Galletti, Minister of Environment (UdC)
Paolo Gentiloni, Minister of Foreign Affairs (PD)
Stefania Giannini, Minister of Education, University and Research (PD)
Beatrice Lorenzin, Minister of Health (NCD)
Marianna Madia, Minister of Public Administration (PD)
Maurizio Martina, Minister of Agriculture, Food and Forestry Policies (PD)
Andrea Orlando, Minister of Justice (PD)
Pier Carlo Padoan, Minister of Economy and Finance (Independent)
Roberta Pinotti, Minister of Defense (PD)
Giuliano Poletti, Minister of Labour and Social Policies (Independent)

Former

Fabrizio Barca, Minister for Territorial Cohesion (PD)
Emma Bonino, Minister of Foreign Affairs (RI)
Paolo De Castro, Minister of Agriculture, Food and Forestry Policies (PD)
Cesare Damiano, Minister of Labour (PD)
Linda Lanzillotta, Minister for Regional Affairs (PD)
Maurizio Lupi, Minister of Infrastructures and Transports (NCD)
Giuseppe Fioroni, Minister of Education (PD)
Giovanna Melandri, Minister of Youth Policies and Sports (PD)
Arturo Parisi, Minister of Defense (PD)
Francesco Rutelli, Minister of Cultural Heritage and Tourism (PD)

Members of local governments

President of Regions

Stefano Bonaccini

Current

Stefano Bonaccini, President of Emilia-Romagna (PD)
Luca Ceriscioli, President of Marche (PD)
Sergio Chiamparino, President of Piedmont (PD)
Rosario Crocetta, President of Sicily (PD)
Vincenzo De Luca, President of Campania (PD)
Catiuscia Marini, President of Umbria (PD)
Mario Oliverio, President of Calabria (PD)
Francesco Pigliaru, President of Sardinia (PD)
Augusto Rollandin, President of Aosta Valley (UV)
Enrico Rossi, President of Tuscany (PD)
Ugo Rossi, President of Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol (PATT)
Debora Serracchiani, President of Friuli-Venezia Giulia (PD)
Nicola Zingaretti, President of Lazio (PD)

Mayors of main cities

Giuseppe Sala

Walter Veltroni

Current

Enzo Bianco, Mayor of Catania (PD)
Luigi Brugnaro, Mayor of Venice (Independent)
Virginio Merola, Mayor of Bologna (PD)
Dario Nardella, Mayor of Florence (PD)
Giuseppe Sala, Mayor of Milan (PD)
Flavio Tosi, Mayor of Verona (F!)

Former

Massimo Cacciari, Mayor of Venice (PD
Piero Fassino, Mayor of Turin (PD)
Giuliano Pisapia, Mayor of Milan (Independent)
Walter Veltroni, Mayor of Rome (PD)

Members of the Parliament

Members of the Chamber of Deputies

Sandro Gozi

Members of the Senate

Anna Finocchiaro

Paolo De Castro

European institutions

Member of the European Parliament

International political figures

Barack Obama

Head of states and governments

Members of foreign parties and institutions

Gianni Pittella, President of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats
Sergei Stanishev, President of the European Socialist Party

Celebrities

Actors and film directors

Paolo Sorrentino

Roberto Benigni

Luca Zingaretti

Stefano Accorsi, actor
Adriana Asti, actress
Giorgio Battistelli, composer
Roberto Benigni, actor, comedian, screenwriter and director
Marco Bettal composer
Claudio Bisio, actor, anchorman and comedian
Roberto Bolle, danceur
Fausto Brizzi, director and screenwriter
Cristiana Capotondi, actress
Ivan Cotroneo, director and scriptwriter
Emma Dante, writer and actress
Aurelio De Laurentiis, film producer
Fabio De Luigi, actor and comedian
Giancarlo Dettori, actor
Pierfrancesco Favino, actor
Isabella Ferrari, actress
Beppe Fiorello, actor
Paolo Genovese, director and screenwriter
Massimo Ghini, actor
Glauco Mauri, actor and director
Carla Fracci, actress and ballet dancer
Paola Minaccioni, actress
Andrea Occhipinti, actor and producer
Silvio Orlando, actor
Ferzan Özpetek, director and screenwriter
Michele Placido, actor and director
Alessandro Preziosi, actor
Luisa Ranieri, actress
Gabriele Salvatores, director and screenwriter
Stefania Sandrelli, actress
Luciana Savignano, ballet dancer
Maurizio Scaparro, director
Giulio Scarpati, actor
Paolo Sorrentino, director and screenwriter
Ricky Tognazzi, actor and director
Giovanni Veronesi, director, screenwriter and actor
Pamela Villoresi, actress
Paolo Virzì, director and screenwriter
Luca Zingaretti, actor

Singers and producers

Andrea Bocelli

Piero Barone, singer and member of Il Volo
Andrea Bocelli, classical tenor
Ignazio Boschetto, singer and member of Il Volo
Caterina Caselli, singer and producer
Gianluca Ginoble, singer and member of Il Volo
Jovanotti, singer and songwriter

Writers and artists

Dante Ferretti, designer and art director
Andrés Neumann, artist
Susanna Tamaro, novelist
Oliviero Toscani, photographer

TV personalities, presenters and journalists

Ilaria D'Amico, commentator and television host
Gad Lerner, journalist and writer
Vittorio Feltri, journalist
Cristina Parodi, journalist and television host
Michele Santoro, journalist, presenter and television host

Sportspeople

Gianluigi Buffon

Gianluigi Buffon, goalkeeper
Marcello Lippi, football manager
Bruno Pizzul, journalist and former football player
Arrigo Sacchi, football manager
Marco Tardelli, former football player and manager
Alex Zanardi, racing driver and paracyclist

Organisations

Committees

Logo	Campaign	Slogan	Website
	Just a Yes	Basta un Sì	www.bastaunsi.it

Main political parties

	Political orientation	Leaders	Ref
Democratic Party (PD)	Social democracy	Matteo Renzi	^[1]
New Centre-Right (NCD)	Conservatism	Angelino Alfano	^[2]
Liberal Popular Alliance (ALA)	Centrism	Denis Verdini	^[3]
Civic Choice (SC)	Liberalism	Enrico Zanetti	^[4]^[5]

Minor parties

	Political orientation	Leaders	Ref
South Tyrolean People's Party (SVP)	Regionalism	Philipp Achammer	^[6]
Valdostan Union (UV)	Regionalism	Carlo Marzi	^[7]
Edelweiss (SA)	Regionalism	Ennio Pastoret	^[7]
Union for Trentino (UpT)	Regionalism	Fabio Pipinato	^[8]
Ladin Autonomist Union (UAL)	Progressivism	Michele Anesi	^[9]

European political parties

Parties		Political orientation	Leaders	Ref
	Party of European Socialists (PES)	Social democracy	Sergei Stanishev	^[10]

Trade unions and business organisations

Organisations	Political and cultural orientation	Secretaries
General Confederation of Italian Industry (Confindustria)^[11]	Employers and businesses' organisation	Vincenzo Boccia
Italian Confederation of Workers' Trade Unions (CISL)	Centrism	Anna Maria Furlan

Newspapers

Newspapers	Political and cultural orientation
L'Unità^[12]	Social democracy^[13]
Il Sole 24 Ore	Business newspaper
Il Foglio^[14]	Liberal conservatism

Periodicals

Periodicals	Political and cultural orientation
La Civiltà Cattolica^[15]^[16]	Periodical published by the Society of Jesus
Mondoperaio^[17]	Monthly journal, official organ of the Italian Socialist Party

Other organisations

Organisations	Political and cultural orientation	Leaders
Christian Associations of Italian Workers (ACLI)^[18]	Catholic social teaching	Roberto Rossini

No

Members of the government and institutions

Presidents of the Senate

Former

Renato Schifani, 38th President of the Senate (FI)

Presidents of the Chamber of Deputies

Former

Prime Ministers

Silvio Berlusconi

Former

Ministers

Pier Luigi Bersani

Giorgia Meloni

Former

Pier Luigi Bersani, Minister of Economic Development (PD)
Umberto Bossi, Minsister of Federal Reforms (LN)
Renato Brunetta, Minister of Public Administration and Innovation (FI)
Roberto Calderoli, Minister of Legislative Semplification (LN)
Mara Carfagna, Minister for Equal Opportunity (FI)
Roberto Castelli, Minister of Justice (LN)
Paolo Cirino Pomicino, Minister of Budget (UdC)
Raffaele Fitto, Minister of Regional Affairs and Autonomies (CR)
Franco Frattini, Minister of Foreign Affairs (FI)
Giancarlo Galan, Minister of Agriculture (FI)
Maurizio Gasparri, Minister of Communications (FI)
Mariastella Gelmini, Minister of Education (FI)
Carlo Giovanardi, Minister of Relations with the Parliament (IDEA)
Ignazio La Russa, Minister of Defence (FdI)
Roberto Maroni, Minister of the Interior (LN)
Altero Matteoli, Minister of Infrastructures and Transports (FI)
Giorgia Meloni, Minister of Youth Policy (FdI)
Letizia Moratti, Minister of Education (FI)
Nitto Francesco Palma, Minister of Justice (FI)
Stefania Prestigiacomo, Minister for Environment (FI)
Gaetano Quagliariello, Minister of Constitutional Reforms (IDEA)
Paolo Romani, Minister of Economic Development (FI)
Gianfranco Rotondi, Minister of Platform Accomplishment (FI)
Claudio Scajola, Minister of a Economic Development (FI)
Giulio Tremonti, Minister of Economy and Finance (Independent)

Members of local governments

President of Regions

Roberto Maroni

Current

Michele Emiliano, President of Apulia (PD)
Roberto Maroni, President of Lombardy (LN)
Giovanni Toti, President of Liguria (FI)
Luca Zaia, President of Veneto (LN)

Former

Roberto Formigoni, President of Lombardy (NCD)
Raffaele Fitto, President of Apulia (CR)
Giancarlo Galan, President of Veneto (FI)
Renata Polverini, President of Lazio (FI)
Nichi Vendola, President of Apulia (SI)

Mayors of main cities

Virginia Raggi

Current

Chiara Appendino, Mayor of Turin (M5S)
Luigi de Magistris, Mayor of Naples (Independent)
Leoluca Orlando, Mayor of Palermo (SI)
Virginia Raggi, Mayor of Rome (M5S)

Former

Gianni Alemanno, Mayor of Rome (Independent)
Letizia Moratti, Mayor of Milan (FI)

Members of the Parliament

Luigi Di Maio

Daniela Santanchè

Members of the Chamber of Deputies

Members of the Senate of the Republic

European institutions

Member of the European Parliament

Alessandra Mussolini (FI)^[19]

Organisations

Committees

Logo	Campaign	Slogan	Website
	Committee for No	Comitato per il No	www.comitatoperilno.it
	I Vote No	Io Voto No	www.iovotono.it

Main political parties

	Political orientation	Leaders	Ref
Five Star Movement (M5S)	Populism	Beppe Grillo	^[20]
Forza Italia (FI)	Liberal conservatism	Silvio Berlusconi	^[21]
Italian Left (SI)	Democratic socialism	Nicola Fratoianni	^[22]
Lega Nord (LN)	Regionalism	Matteo Salvini	^[23]
Brothers of Italy (FdI)	National conservatism	Giorgia Meloni	^[24]
Union of the Centre (UdC)	Christian democracy	Lorenzo Cesa	^[25]
Conservatives and Reformists (CR)	Conservatism	Raffaele Fitto	^[26]
Possible (P)	Progressivism	Giuseppe Civati	^[27]
Federation of the Greens (FdV)	Green politics	Giobbe Covatta	^[28]
Communist Refoundation Party (PRC)	Communism	Paolo Ferrero	^[29]
Us with Salvini (NcS)	Regionalism	Matteo Salvini	^[30]
Left Ecology Freedom (SEL)	Democratic socialism	Nichi Vendola	^[9]

Minor parties

	Political orientation	Leaders	Ref
South Tyrolean Freedom (STF)	National conservatism	Eva Klotz	^[31]
Die Freiheitlichen (dF)	Right-wing populism	Pius Leitner	^[6]
Italian Communist Party (PCI)	Communism	Mauro Alboresi	^[32]
CasaPound Italy (CPI)	Neo-fascism	Gianluca Iannone	^[33]
New Force (FN)	Ultranationalism	Roberto Fiore	^[34]
Fascism and Freedom Movement (MFL–PSN)	Neo-fascism	Carlo Gariglio	^[35]
National Front (FN)	Anti-globalization	Adriano Tilgher	^[36]
Workers' Communist Party (PCL)	Communism	Marco Ferrando	^[37]
Tricolour Flame (MS-FT)	Neo-fascism	Attilio Carelli	^[38]
Social Idea Movement (MIS)	Neo-fascism	Raffaele Bruno	^[39]
Citizens' Union for South Tyrol (BUfS)	National conservatism	Andreas Pöder	^[40]
Liga Veneta Repubblica (LVR)	Regionalism	Fabrizio Comencini	^[41]^[42]
Autonomy Liberty Participation Ecology (ALPE)	Regionalism	Alexis Vallet	^[42]
Pro Lombardy Independence	Separatism	Giovanni Roversi	^[42]
The Other South	Regionalism	several	^[42]
Slovene Union (SSk)	Regionalism	Rafko Dolhar	^[42]
Free Trieste	Regionalism	several	^[42]
Sardinian Action Party (PSd'Az)	Separatism	Giovanni Columbu	^[42]
Greens	Green politics	Brigitte Foppa	^[43]
Trentino Tyrolean Autonomist Party (PATT)	Regionalism	Linda Tamanini	^[44]
Trentino Project (PT)	Christian democracy	Marino Simoni	^[9]
The Other Trento to the Left	Democratic socialism	several	^[9]
Trentino Civic List (CT)	Christian democracy	Rodolfo Borga	^[9]
Party of the Sicilian People	Regionalism	several	^[45]
Progressive Valdostan Union (UVP)	Progressivism	Luigi Bertschy	^[46]
Cuore	Liberal conservatism	Alessandro Urzì	^[47]
Red Moors (RM)	Separatism	Gesuino Muledda	^[48]
Free Sardinia (SL)	Social democracy	several	^[49]
Christian Popular Union (UPC)	Christian democracy	Antonio Satta	^[50]

European political parties

Parties		Political orientation	Leaders	Ref
	Democracy in Europe Movement 2025 (DiEM 25)	Alter-Europeanism	Yanis Varoufakis	^[51]

Trade unions and business organisations

Organisations	Political and cultural orientation	Secretaries
Italian General Confederation of Labour (CGIL)^[52]	Democratic socialism	Susanna Camusso

Newspapers

Newspapers	Political and cultural orientation
Il Fatto Quotidiano^[53]	Anti-establishment, Populism
Il Giornale^[54]	Conservatism^[55]
Libero^[56]	Liberal conservatism
Il manifesto^[57]	Communism

Other organisations

Organisations	Political and cultural orientation	Leaders
National Association of the Italian Partisans (ANPI)^[58]	Anti-fascism	Carlo Smuraglia

Boycott

Minor parties

Parties		Political orientation	Leaders	Ref
	Sardinia Nation (SN)	Democratic socialism	Bustianu Cumpostu	^[59]

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