Barbara Spinelli

Barbara Spinelli
MEP
Member of the European Parliament
In office
1 July 2014 – 2 July 2019
ConstituencyCentral Italy
Personal details
Born31 May 1946 (1946-05-31) (age 79)
PartyIndependent
Other political
affiliations
The Other Europe (2014-2015)
Domestic partner(s)Tommaso Padoa-Schioppa (until his death; 2010)
OccupationPolitician
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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.

Spinelli was elected to represent The Other Europe, but left the alliance in May 2015, after declaring it a "failed project". She is one of the founders of the newspaper La Repubblica.

Spinelli is a member of the Advisory Panel of DiEM25.