Raffaele Baldassarre (23 September 1956 – 10 November 2018) was an Italian politician and a

member of the European Parliament A Member of the European Parliament (MEP) is a person who has been elected to serve as a popular representative in the European Parliament. When the European Parliament (then known as the Common Assembly of the ECSC) first met in 1952, its ...

from 2009 to 2014 for the

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. He was born in

Lecce Lecce ( ); el, label=Griko, Luppìu, script=Latn; la, Lupiae; grc, Λουπίαι, translit=Loupíai), group=pron is a historic city of 95,766 inhabitants (2015) in southern Italy. It is the capital of the province of Lecce, the province ...

and died in a hospital there after a sudden illness had its onset at his home the night prior.

Controversies

In 2013, Baldassarre was videotaped by Dutch newsblog

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, checking in at the European Parliament to claim 304 euro daily expenses fee and immediately leaving. When confronted, Baldassare attacked the reporter.

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MEPs for Italy 2009–2014 21st-century Italian politicians People from Lecce 2018 deaths European People's Party MEPs 1956 births {{Italy-MEP-stub