Barbara Spinelli MEP | |
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Member of the European Parliament | |
In office 1 July 2014 – 2 July 2019 | |
Constituency | Central Italy |
Personal details | |
Born | 31 May 1946 Rome, Italy | (age 78)
Political party | Independent |
Other political affiliations | The Other Europe (2014-2015) |
Domestic partner(s) | Tommaso Padoa-Schioppa (until his death; 2010) |
Occupation | Politician |
Barbara Spinelli (born 31 May 1946) is an Italian politician.
Barbara Spinelli is the daughter of federalist political theorist Altiero Spinelli and Ursula Hirschmann, who was a German-Jewish anti-fascist activist.
From 2014 to 2019, Spinelli served as a Member of the European Parliament, representing Central Italy.[1]
Spinelli was elected to represent The Other Europe, but left the alliance in May 2015, after declaring it a "failed project".[2] She is one of the founders of the newspaper La Repubblica.[3]
Spinelli is a member of the Advisory Panel of DiEM25[4]