Fabio Valeriano Lanfranco De Masi (born 7 March 1980) is a German-Italian politician. He was a member of the German

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from 2017 to 2021 and was a

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(MEP) from

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from 1 July 2014 to 23 October 2017. Until September 2022 he was a member of The Left Party, part of the European United Left–Nordic Green Left.

Political career

Member of the European Parliament, 2014–2017

In the

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, De Masi became a

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. During his time in office, he served on the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs and the Special Committee on Tax Rulings and Other Measures Similar in Nature or Effect (TAXE 2). In addition to his committee assignments, he was part of the Parliament's delegation for relations with

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Member of the German Parliament, 2017–2021

De Masi was a member of the German

since the

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, representing

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. In parliament, he was serving on the Finance Committee. In addition to his committee assignments, he was part of the German-British Parliamentary Friendship Group, the German-Italian Parliamentary Friendship Group, and the Parliamentary Friendship Group for Relations with the Southern African States. Since 2019, he was also a member of the German delegation to the

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. In March 2021 De Masi said that he will not run for the Bundestag in the

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. On 13 September 2022, De Masi announced that he left The Left Party, stating that he would not want anymore to be taken into responsibility for the blatant failure of the relevant actors in this party.“

Other activities

* Berliner Steuergespräche, Member of the Adivsory BoardBerliner Steuergespräche: Beirat
Berliner Steuergespräche. * Finance Watch, Member *

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, Member * German United Services Trade Union (ver.di), Member

References

1980 births Living people People from Groß-Gerau German people of Italian descent Members of the Bundestag for Hamburg Aufstehen The Left (Germany) MEPs MEPs for Germany 2014–2019 Members of the Bundestag 2017–2021 Members of the Bundestag for The Left {{Germany-MEP-stub