Elly Schlein

Elena Ethel Schlein known as Elly (born 4 May 1985) is an Italian politician.

Elly Schlein
Vice President of Emilia-Romagna
Assumed office
28 February 2020
PresidentStefano Bonaccini
Member of the European Parliament
for North-East Italy
In office
1 July 2014 – 2 July 2019
Personal details
Born
Elena Ethel Schlein

(1985-05-04) 4 May 1985
Lugano, Switzerland
NationalityItalian
Political partyPD (2014-2015)
Possible (2015-2019)
Green Italy (since 2019)
Alma materUniversity of Bologna
OccupationPolitician, film production secretary

Biography

Daughter of two academics, Schlein graduated in Law at the University of Bologna in 2011, discussing a thesis on Constitutional Law.[1]

Political commitment

In 2011, Schlein was one of the founders of the association of university students known as Progrè, an association that dealt with deepening and sensitizing public opinion on issues related to migration policies and the prison reality.

Former Prime Minister Romano Prodi received in support less than 100 centre-left electors and left the presidential election campaign. In April 2013, Schlein gave life to the mobilization campaign known as #OccupyPD, which opposed the formation of a grand coalition government, the Letta Cabinet.[2]

In occasion of the 2013 leadership election of the Democratic Party, Schelin gave her support to Giuseppe Civati, who ranked third.[3]

Election to the European Parliament

In February 2014, Schlein ran with the Democratic Party for a seat at the European Parliament in the North-Eastern constituency. In the 2014 European election, Schlein was elected to the European Parliament.[4]

In May 2015, she announced, through a post on Facebook, that she was leaving the Democratic Party, being in deep disagreement with the new political line of the party impressed by Secretary Matteo Renzi, and joined Possible, the party founded by Giuseppe Civati.[5]

In April 2019, Schlein announced her intention not to run for the European Parliament at the 2019 European election.[6]

References
  1. "L'isola di Elly". ciwati.it. 17 May 2014. Retrieved 13 April 2019.
  2. "#Occupypd, sedi di partito occupate dai giovani del Pd". Corriere della Sera. Retrieved 13 April 2019.
  3. "Incontro con Elly Schlein: per Civati alle primarie PD". bolognatoday.it. 3 December 2013. Retrieved 13 April 2019.
  4. "Europee, parla la civatiana Elly Schlein: "Vince il Pd, ma serve riflessione sul governo"". L'Espresso. 22 May 2014. Retrieved 13 April 2019.
  5. "Elly Schlein: "Volevo riportare Prodi nel Pd ma ora non sopporto più le troppe scelte di destra"". La Repubblica. 9 May 2015. Retrieved 13 April 2019.
  6. "Schlein: "Europarlamento addio, ecco perchè non mi ricandido"". La Repubblica. 12 April 2019. Retrieved 13 April 2019.
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