Eleonora Forenza

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Eleonora Forenza
Member of the European Parliament
In office
2014–2019
Personal details
Born (1976-11-10) 10 November 1976 (age 47)
Bari, Italy
Political party Communist Refoundation Party
Alma mater University of Bari
Professionresearcher on political thought
Website eleonoraforenza.it

Eleonora Forenza (born 10 November 1976) is an Italian politician and 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. [1]

At the 2014 European Parliament election she was elected as a Member of the European Parliament as a candidate of The Other Europe. On 7 December 2016, she was chosen as the European presidential candidate for European United Left–Nordic Green Left.

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