Curzio Maltese (30 March 1959 – 26 February 2023)[1] was an Italian journalist and politician.

[citation needed] In 2014, he ran for the European elections as top candidate in the northwest Italian constituency for The Other Europe list, in support of Alexīs Tsipras as President of the European Commission, obtaining 31,980 preferences.

[citation needed] Despite being the first of the unelected on his list, he entered the European Parliament following the renunciation of Moni Ovadia[4] and sat in the GUE/NGL group.

[citation needed] In 2015, he entered the national presidency of Left Ecology Freedom, the party led by Nichi Vendola.

[citation needed] In 2017, he was on the promoting committee of the Italian Left.