Barbara Spinelli
Barbara Spinelli MEP | |
|---|---|
| Member of the European Parliament | |
| Assumed office 1 July 2014 | |
| Constituency | Central Italy |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 31 May 1946 (age 78) Rome, Italy |
| Political party | Independent |
| Other political affiliations | The Other Europe (2014-2015) |
| Occupation | Politician |
Barbara Spinelli (born 31 May 1946) is an Italian politician.
Barbara Spinelli is the daughter of political theorist Altiero Spinelli and Ursula Hirschmann, who was a German-Jewish anti-fascist activist.
Since July 2014, Spinelli has 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]
Parliamentary service
- Vice-Chair, Committee on Constitutional Affairs
Personal Life
She has three older maternal half-sisters (Silvia, Renata and Eva) from her mother's first marriage to Eugenio Colorni and two sisters (Diana and Sara). Her half-sister Eva Colorni, an economist, was married to fellow Indian economist Amartya Sen from 1973 to her death in 1985. Another half-sister, Renata Colorni, is a translator.
References
- ^ http://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/en/124810/BARBARA_SPINELLI_home.html
- ^ http://www.ilfattoquotidiano.it/2015/05/11/barbara-spinelli-addio-alla-lista-tsipras-no-ad-atomizzazione-sinistra/1673212/
- ^ David Broder (6 October 2015). "Resurrecting the Italian Left". Jacobin Mag. Retrieved 9 May 2016.
- Living people
- 1946 births
- Italian Jews
- Italian people of Jewish descent
- European United Left–Nordic Green Left MEPs
- Women MEPs for Italy
- MEPs for Italy 2014–19
- 21st-century Italian politicians
- The Other Europe MEPs
- Politicians from Rome
- Italian women in politics
- 21st-century women politicians
- Italian newspaper editors