Eleonora Forenza (born 10 November 1976) is an
Italian politician
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, spokesperson for culture and communications in the
Communist Refoundation Party
The Communist Refoundation Party ( it, Partito della Rifondazione Comunista, PRC) is a communist political party in Italy that emerged from a split of the Italian Communist Party (PCI) in 1991. The party's secretary is Maurizio Acerbo, who replac ...
. 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, 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 as a candidate of
The Other Europe. 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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