Prato
Prato ( ; ) is a city and municipality (''comune'') in Tuscany, Italy, and is the capital of the province of Prato. The city lies in the northeast of Tuscany, at an elevation of , at the foot of Monte Retaia (the last peak in the Calvana ch ...
, Italy) is an Italian politician.
Biography
From 2002 to 2013 he was a member of the Tuscan Northern League.
From 2004 to 2009 he was a city councilor in
Vaiano
Vaiano is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Prato in the region of Tuscany in Italy. It is located about northwest of Florence and about north of Prato. It has 9,912 inhabitants.
Geography
The municipality of Vaiano contains t ...
, in the
province of Prato
The province of Prato () is one of the 80 Provinces of Italy, ordinary provinces in Italy. Situated in the region of Tuscany, its capital and largest city is Prato. It was carved out as a separate province from the province of Florence in 1992.
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, and from 2005 to 2008 he was provincial secretary of the
Lega Nord
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in Prato.
On June 7, 2009 he was elected for
Lega Nord
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Padania
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in the 7th legislature (2009–2014) of the
European Parliament
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, joining the
Europe of Freedom and Democracy
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From July 16, 2009, to January 18, 2012 he was a member of the
Committee on Budgets The Committee on Budgets (BUDG) is a committee of the European Parliament. It has 41 members plus 39 substitute members. The committee's current chair is Jean Arthuis, who has held this position since 7 July 2014.Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs
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in the European Parliament.
From 2009 to 2014 he is a member of the delegation to the EU–Mexico Joint Parliamentary Committee and the Delegation to the Euro-Latin American Parliamentary Assembly.
From 2011 to 2013 he was also a substitute member of the delegation to the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly.
In April 2013, he announced that he had been expelled from the Lega Nord due to disagreements with the party's political secretariat. While remaining a member of the ELD in the European Parliament, as of November 5, 2013, he is listed as independent from his national political party of reference.
In 2014 he was a candidate, in the
European elections
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Until 2019, 751 ...
as the chief candidate of
Associative Movement of Italians Abroad
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History
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Tuscany
Tuscany ( ; ) is a Regions of Italy, region in central Italy with an area of about and a population of 3,660,834 inhabitants as of 2025. The capital city is Florence.
Tuscany is known for its landscapes, history, artistic legacy, and its in ...
, Umbria,
Marche
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and
Lazio
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), without being re-elected.
On May 30, 2020 he was arrested for continued grand larceny.