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) is an Italian
politician
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of the
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who has been serving as a member of the
European Parliament
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since 2014.
Political career
Career in national politics
Picierno served two terms as a member of the
Italian Parliament
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between 2008 and 2014.
Member of the European Parliament, 2014–present
Picierno was selected to head her party's regional list in the
2014 European elections
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. In parliament, she is a member of the
Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats
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group. She served on the
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Membership Chair
Vice Chairs
*Eugenia Rodríguez Palop
* Sylwia Spurek
* Elissavet Vozemberg-Vrionidi
*Robert Biedroń
Members
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. In addition to her committee assignments, she served as vice-chairwoman of the parliament's delegation to the EU-Mexico Joint Parliamentary Committee from 2014 to 2019.
Picierno was elected as Vice-President on 18 January 2022.
Picierno is also a member of the European Parliament Intergroup on Cancer, the European Parliament Intergroup on Fighting against Poverty, the European Parliament Intergroup on Integrity (Transparency, Anti-Corruption and Organized Crime) and of the European Parliament Intergroup on the
Western Sahara
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.
Recognition
In 2019, Picierno was the recipient of the Justice & Gender Equality Award at ''The Parliament Magazines annual MEP Awards.