Barbara Spinelli

Barbara Spinelli (born 31 May 1946) is an Italian politician.

Barbara Spinelli MEP
Member of the European Parliament
In office 1 July 2014 – 2 July 2019
Constituency	Central Italy
Personal details
Born	31 May 1946 (1946-05-31) (age 79) Rome, Italy
Political party	Independent
Other political affiliations	The Other Europe (2014-2015)
Domestic partner(s)	Tommaso Padoa-Schioppa (until his death; 2010)
Occupation	Politician

Barbara Spinelli is the daughter of federalist political theorist Altiero Spinelli and Ursula Hirschmann, who was a German-Jewish anti-fascist activist.

From 2014 to 2019, Spinelli served as a Member of the European Parliament, representing Central Italy.^[1]

Spinelli was elected to represent The Other Europe, but left the alliance in May 2015, after declaring it a "failed project".^[2] She is one of the founders of the newspaper La Repubblica.^[3]

Spinelli is a member of the Advisory Panel of DiEM25^[4]

Parliamentary service

• Vice-chair, Committee on Constitutional Affairs

Personal life

She has three older maternal half-sisters (Silvia, Renata and Eva) from her mother's first marriage to Eugenio Colorni and two sisters (Diana and Sara). Her half-sister Eva Colorni, an economist, was married to a fellow Indian economist Amartya Sen from 1973 until her death in 1985. Another half-sister, Renata Colorni, is a translator.