The European Parliament (EP) is one of the legislative bodies of the European Union and one of its seven institutions. Together with the Council of the European Union,it adopts European legislation,following a proposal by the European Commission. The Parliament is composed of 705 members (MEPs). It represents the second-largest democratic electorate in the world,with an electorate of 375 million eligible voters in 2009.
Jill Evans is a Plaid Cymru politician who served as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for Wales from 1999 to 2020. She was the first person to use the Welsh language in debate at the European Parliament.
The European Republicans Movement is a minor social-liberal political party in Italy.
The Italian Republican Party is a political party in Italy established in 1895,which makes it the oldest political party still active in the country. The PRI identifies with 19th-century classical radicalism,as well as Mazzinianism,and its modern incarnation is associated with liberalism,social liberalism,and centrism. The PRI has old roots and a long history that began with a left-wing position,being the heir of the Historical Far Left and claiming descent from the political thought of Giuseppe Mazzini and Giuseppe Garibaldi. With the rise of the Italian Communist Party and the Italian Socialist Party (PSI) to its left,it was associated with centre-left politics. The early PRI was also known for its anti-clerical,anti-monarchist,republican,and later anti-fascist stances. While maintaining those traits,during the second half of the 20th century the party moved towards the centre on the left–right political spectrum,becoming increasingly economically liberal.
Liberalism and radicalism have played a role in the political history of Italy since the country's unification,started in 1861 and largely completed in 1871,and currently influence several leading political parties.
Antonio López-Istúriz White is a Spanish politician and Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from Spain. He is a member of the People's Party,member party of the European People's Party. He has served as the Secretary General of the European People's Party since March 2002 till May 2022.
Democratic Republicans is a tiny liberal political party in Italy,led by Giuseppe Ossorio.
The 1979 European Parliament election was a series of parliamentary elections held across all 9 European Community member states. They were the first European elections to be held,allowing citizens to elect 410 MEPs to the European Parliament,and also the first international election in history.
The European Conservatives and Reformists Party,formerly known as Alliance of European Conservatives and Reformists (AECR) (2009–2016) and Alliance of Conservatives and Reformists in Europe (ACRE) (2016–2019),is a conservative,soft Eurosceptic European political party with a main focus on reforming the European Union (EU) on the basis of Eurorealism,as opposed to total rejection of the EU (anti-EU-ism).
Sandro Gozi is an Italian politician formerly of the Democratic Party who has been a Member of the European Parliament since 2020. He was a member of Italy's Chamber of Deputies from 2006 to 2018,and was elected to the European Parliament in 2019,representing France on the list of Emmanuel Macron's LREM party.
Roberto Gualtieri is an Italian historian,academic and politician of the Democratic Party (PD),incumbent Mayor of Rome since 2021 and Minister of Economy and Finances in the second government of Giuseppe Conte from 2019 until 2021. He previously was a Member of the European Parliament from 2009 to 2019,where he chaired the influential Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee within the Parliament from 2014 until 2019.
Giuseppina "Pina" Picierno is an Italian politician of the Democratic Party who has been serving as a member of the European Parliament since 2014.
Rosa Estaràs Ferragut is a Spanish politician and current Member of the European Parliament (MEP). She is a member of the People's Party.
Simona Bonafé is an Italian politician and journalist who is serving as a member of the country's Chamber of Deputies.
Anne Sander is a French economist and politician of the Republicans who has been serving as a Member of the European Parliament since 2014 and as one of the five Quaestors of the European Parliament since 2019.
Iskra Mihaylova is a Bulgarian politician and Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from Bulgaria who has been a Member of the European Parliament since July 2014. She is a member of the Movement for Rights and Freedoms,part of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Party.
Romana Tomc is a Slovenian politician and Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from Slovenia. She is a member of the Slovenian Democratic Party,part of the European People's Party.
Radka Maxová is a Czech politician who was elected as a Member of the European Parliament in 2019.
Irene Tinagli is an Italian Member of the European Parliament since 2019. She serves as chairperson of the European Parliament Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs.
Fiorella Ghiladrotti was an Italian Democratic Party of the Left later Democrats of the Left politician and trade unionist who served two terms as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for the North-West Italy constituency from 1994 to 1999 and again between 1999 and 2004. She was the first female President of the Italian region of Lombardy from 1992 to 1994,was a regional councillor of the Regional Council of Lombardy from 1990 to 1992 and a member of the National Council for Economics and Labour late in her life. Ghiladrotti has a room in the Pirelli Tower;an award;an association and a scholarship named after her.
