He graduated with a degree in Economy and Commerce from the University of Bologna and then started working for the region Emilia-Romagna, but after few years he abandoned this job to become a tax advisor.

During 2017 there were lengthy talks on the creation of an electoral list to the left of the Democratic Party (PD), within the PD-led centre-left coalition.

In this process Giuliano Pisapia, a former mayor of Milan, launched the Progressive Camp (CP) and long pondered the possibility of leading the proposed list, including minor established parties, assorted leftists and, most notably, former members of Left Ecology Freedom (SEL) – which had been folded into the more radical Italian Left (SI).

[3] After few days, along with Riccardo Nencini (leader of the Italian Socialist Party), Angelo Bonelli (leader of the Federation of the Greens), he launched Together in order to participate in the 2018 general election as a part of the centre-left coalition, along with More Europe (+Eu) and the Popular Civic List (CP).

Together's logo was styled on that of The Olive Tree, a broad centre-left coalition active from 1995 to 2007 (when its main components were merged into the PD).