Riccardo Fraccaro (born 13 January 1981) is an Italian politician, who served in the government of Italy as Minister for Parliamentary Relations and Direct Democracy in Giuseppe Conte's first cabinet.
[citation needed] In the 2018 general election he was candidate in the uninominal constituency of Pergine Valsugana, but he placed third.
[citation needed] On 1 June 2018 Fraccaro was appointed Minister for Parliamentary Relations and Direct Democracy of the Conte I Cabinet.
[3][4][5] In November 2020, Fraccaro called for the cancellation by the European Central Bank (ECB) of "sovereign bonds bought during the COVID-19 pandemic or perpetually extending their maturity.
"[6] He also proposed a "green rule" that would exempt "public expenditures related to environmental investment from deficit calculations."