Barbara Spinelli
 Barbara Spinelli    (journalist, politician) | ||||||||||||||
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| Born | Rome, Italy | |||||||||||||
| Nationality | Italian | |||||||||||||
| Ethnicity | Jewish | |||||||||||||
| Partner | Tommaso Padoa-Schioppa | |||||||||||||
| Parents | • Altiero Spinelli • Ursula Hirschmann | |||||||||||||
| Member of | Open Society Foundations/Reliable allies | |||||||||||||
| Party | Independent | |||||||||||||
MEP, daughter of Bilderberger deep politician Altiero Spinelli; partner with Tommaso Padoa-Schioppa, a member of the Bilderberg Steering committee.
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Barbara Spinelli is an Italian journalist and politician. She is daughter of Bilderberger deep politician Altiero Spinelli; and partner with Tommaso Padoa-Schioppa, a member of the Bilderberg Steering committee, until his death in 2010. She attended two meetings herself, in 1980 and 1993.
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Background
Born in Rome in 1946, the daughter of political figures Altiero Spinelli and Ursula Hirschmann, pioneers of European federalism. Her father was at the time a militant - albeit somewhat heterodox - of the Italian Communist Party, while her mother, a German Jew, was the sister of the economist Albert O. Hirschman: the two had met on Ventotene island during their confinement for anti-fascist activities, when Ursula was married to the liberal socialist Eugenio Colorni (with whom she had three daughters).[1]
She was the companion of the economist and politician, as well as one of the founders of the single European currency, Tommaso Padoa-Schioppa, until his death in December 2010.[2]
Journalistic career
A professional journalist since 1974[3], she began his journalistic career writing articles for Il Globo.. She was then one of the founders of the newspaper La Repubblica, where she had a long relationship with her colleague Mario Pirani, and then went on, between 1984 and 1985, to collaborate with Corriere della Sera and La Stampa, first as a correspondent from Paris, where she ended up living, and then as a columnist. In October 2010, and until June 2014, she returned to work for Repubblica as a columnist.[1] Since 2016 she has been collaborating with Il Fatto Quotidiano.
Political career
In March 2013, following the Italian general elections of that year, together with others she launched a petition, with the support of the left-wing periodical MicrOmega, to request legally prevent the potential eligibility of Silvio Berlusconi in the ranks of the Italian Senate, for conflict of interest.[4]
On the occasion of the European elections of 2014, she was one of the founders and main promoters of the coalition The Other Europe with Alexīs Tsipras, a single list of the Italian left aimed at endorsing - among other things - the candidacy of Tsirpas to president of the European Commission.
Events Participated in
| Event | Start | End | Location(s) | Description |
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| Bilderberg/1980 | 18 April 1980 | 20 April 1980 | Germany Aachen | The 28th Bilderberg, held in West Germany, unusually exposed by the Daily Mirror |
| Bilderberg/1993 | 22 April 1993 | 25 April 1993 | Greece Nafsika Astir Palace Hotel Vouliagmeni | The 41st Bilderberg, held in Greece |
References
- ↑ a b http://www.treccani.it/enciclopedia/barbara-spinelli
- ↑ https://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/b17d72fc-0b83-11e0-a313-00144feabdc0.html
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20190510122633/https://www.odg.it/elenco-iscritti
- ↑ http://temi.repubblica.it/micromega-online/firma-anche-tu-per-cacciare-berlusconi-dal-parlamento-facendo-applicare-la-legge-361-del-1957/
