Matteo Gazzini (born 9 July 1985) is an Italian politician who served as a

Member of the European Parliament A member of the European Parliament (MEP) is a person who has been Election, elected to serve as a popular representative in the European Parliament. When the European Parliament (then known as the Common Assembly of the European Coal and S ...

for Lega and

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from 2022 to 2024. In December 2023, he left Lega to join

and became party leader in South Tyrol. MEP Matteo Gazzini and President of EPP Manfred Weber

MEP Matteo Gazzini and Attorney General Merrick Brian Garland

In January 2024 he joined the EPP group in the European Parliament. As a Member of the

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(MEP), Matteo Gazzini has been actively involved in several key committees and delegations. He was a member of the Committee on Industry, Research and Energy ( ITRE), where he contributed to significant legislative developments, including the " Cyber Resilience Act". Gazzini also served on the

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, and the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety. He was part of the Delegation for relations with the

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and the Delegation for relations with the

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, working to foster international cooperation and strengthen transatlantic ties. Gazzini was one of the several members of the European Parliament interviewed by " Voice of Europe", media allegedly involved in the 2024 Russian Influential Network.

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