Professor Isabella 'Susy' De Martini (born 17 June 1952 in

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) is an Italian politician and academic. Former member of PDL, from 12 April 2013 to 25 May 2014 she was a

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, representing North-West Italy. De Martini is also a professor at the

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. De Martini was a regional coordinator of the '' Liberal Democratici'' as part of the electoral list of ''

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'' (PDL) in the 2008 general election. She stood on the PDL's electoral list at the 2009 European election. She won 19,205 votes: not enough to win her a seat, but finishing first amongst those that were not elected. When two MEPs were appointed Senators after the 2013 general election, De Martini succeeded

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, becoming an MEP on 12 April 2013. Upon her election, she immediately left the PDL delegation and its

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group and joined the

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. She stood on the

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's electoral list at the 2014 European election because

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presented De Martini as «a "reference point" for Liguria». She won 6,134 votes: not enough to win her a seat, she failed re-election and left Berlusconi's party. On 16 July 2015 De Martini took part, as «official representative for Italy of

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» in the founding of

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's new eurosceptic party '' Conservatori e Riformisti'' (CR)http://conservatorieriformisti.it/2015/07/nasceileone-parterre-di-ospiti-internazionali-e-mondo-produttivo-italiano-con-fitto/ split from FI, the Berlusconi's party. De Martini was candidate for

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in the 2012 local elections for

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's right-wing party '' La Destra'' (split from ''

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'' in 2007), winning 0.8% of the vote, not enough to win her a seat as municipal councilor because she failed the 3% threshold.

References

External links

European Parliament official biography page
{{DEFAULTSORT:De Martini, Susy 1952 births Living people MEPs for Italy 2009–2014 21st-century women MEPs for Italy Politicians from Genoa Forza Italia MEPs