Ilaria Salis | |
|---|---|
 Official portrait, 2024 | |
| Member of the European Parliament for North-West Italy | |
| Assumed office 16 July 2024 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 17 June 1984 Milan, Italy |
| Political party | Greens and Left Alliance |
| Alma mater | University of Milan |
| Occupation | Teacher |
Ilaria Salis (born 17 June 1984) is an Italian politician, activist, and teacher. She was elected as a Member of the European Parliament in 2024 for the Green and Left Alliance.
Salis was born on 17 June 1984 and grew up in Monza, Italy. [1] She received a undergraduate degree in history at the University of Milan, graduating in December 2005. [1] After completing her undergraduate degree, she worked as a primary school teacher. [1] In 2021 she obtained a Master's degree in philology, literature and history of antiquity from the University of Milan. [1]
On 11 February 2023, Salis was arrested in Hungary, after alleged assaults on neo-Nazis at a far-right event in Budapest. [2] [3] She was charged with three counts of attempted assault and accused of being part of an extreme left-wing organization. [4] She denied the charges [4] and the alleged victims of the attacks reportedly did not file reports with police. [3]
Amid rising public outrage in her home country, the Italian government protested the shackling of Salis with chains around her hand and feet for her trial appearance. [4] [5] On 19 December 2023, seven Italian MEPs with the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats accused the Hungarian government of holding her "bound by the neck in a cell with mice and cockroaches" and argued that the "injuries of the two assaulted individuals who reported her were only minor". [6] Salis wrote that she spent "23 hours out of 24 in a completely closed cell". [4]
In May 2024, she was released from prison and transferred to house arrest in Budapest. [4] [7]
In June 2024, Salis was elected as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for the Green and Left Alliance, obtaining more than 170,000 votes. [8] [3] As a MEP, she gained legal immunity and was released from house arrest, finally returning to Italy. [3]
She plans to leverage her role to advocate for the rights of incarcerated individuals, address the housing shortage, and tackle the issue of excessive rental costs. [9]
In November 2024, Rexino Arzaj was arrested in Paris following an international arrest warrant issued by the Hungarian judiciary. Along with Salis, he is charged in connection with the February 2023 assaults by the Hammerbund collective on participants of the “Day of Honor,” a ceremony by ultra-right groups. [10]
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