Eleonora Forenza (born 10 November 1976) is an
Italian politician, 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
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, where she obtained also a PhD in
Italian studies.
At the
2014 European Parliament election
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she was elected as a
Member of the European Parliament
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as a candidate of
The Other Europe
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. On 7 December 2016, she was chosen as the European presidential candidate for
European United Left–Nordic Green Left
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1976 births
Living people
MEPs for Italy 2014–2019
21st-century women MEPs for Italy
People from Bari
University of Bari alumni
The Other Europe MEPs
Communist Refoundation Party MEPs
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