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Barbara Spinelli
Italian politician
Barbara Spinelli (born 31 May 1946) is an Italian politician.
Barbara Spinelli is the daughter of federalist political theorist Altiero Spinelli and Ursula Hirschmann, who was a German-Jewish anti-fascist activist.
From 2014 to 2019, Spinelli served as a Member of the European Parliament, representing Central Italy.[1]
Spinelli was elected to represent The Other Europe, but left the alliance in May 2015, after declaring it a "failed project".[2] She is one of the founders of the newspaper La Repubblica.[3]