09/11/2022 (Agence Europe) – A defector from the Partito Democratico to the Azione-Italia Viva (Terzo Polo) party, Giuseppe Ferrandino, Vice-Chair of the Committee on Fisheries, joined the Renew Europe group in the European Parliament on Wednesday 9 November, bringing the size of the centre-right group to 103 MEPs. Since the beginning of the legislature, including this new recruit, nine MEPs have joined Renew Europe: Nicola Danti, Marco Zullo and Carlo Calenda from Italy, Lucia Nicholsonová and Michal Wiezik from Slovakia, Róża Thun from Poland, Salima Yenbou from France and Georgios Kyrtsos from Greece. Mr Calenda left the European Parliament last month to become a senator in Italy. (MB)