Fabio Massimo Castaldo (born 18 September 1985) is an Italian politician who has served in the

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since 2014. On 15 November 2017, he was elected

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; in doing so, he replaced

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and became the youngest vice-president in the history of the institution. As a

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(MEP), he sat on the

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parliamentary group from 1 July 2014 to 15 October 2014, and again from 20 October 2014 and 1 July 2019, and was a non-attached member (

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) from 16 October 2014 to 19 October 2014. Castaldo was re-elected in the

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. On 3 July 2019, he was re-elected vice-president of the European Parliament, running as an independent with the support of over forty MEPs belonging to various political groups, as the European delegation of the

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(M5S) belonged to the technical grouping of the Non-Inscrits. His election represented the second success of an

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following the 2009 election of

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, who was elected with the Conservative Party and sat with

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(ECR) but successfully stood as an independent candidate against ECR's official candidate and was expelled; although he joined the Liberal Democrats, McMillan-Scott sat as a non-attached MEP. Castaldo remains a non-attached MEP for the M5S. In July 2023, he denied rumours that he would switch to

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of the

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on the grounds that M5S leader

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allegedly excluded him for the list of candidates for the

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Curriculum vitae , Fabio Massimo CASTALDO , Deputati , Parlamento Europeo
at European Parliament (in Italian) 1985 births Five Star Movement MEPs Living people MEPs for Italy 2019–2024 People from Rome Politicians from Rome {{Italy-MEP-stub