Eleonora Forenza MEP |
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Member of the European Parliament | |
Assumed office 2014 |
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Personal details | |
Born |
Bari, Apulia, Italy |
10 November 1976
Nationality | Italian |
Political party | Communist Refoundation Party |
Alma mater | University of Bari |
Profession | researcher on political thought |
Website | eleonoraforenza.it |
Eleonora Forenza (born 10 November 1976) is an Italian politician, spokesperson for culture and communications in the Communist Refoundation Party. She is also a member of the collective Femministe Nove and a member of the board of the International Gramsci Society of Italy. Forenza graduated in Classics and Italian Literature at the University of Bari, where she obtained also a PhD in Italian studies.
At the 2014 European Parliament election she was elected as a Member of the European Parliament as a candidate of The Other Europe. On December 7, 2016 she was chosen as the European presidential candidate for European United Left–Nordic Green Left.