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Barbara Spinelli Died: the Journalist and Former MEP Was 80 Years Old

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Italian journalist, essayist and former Member of the European Parliament. Barbara Spinelli died today, 7 October 2026, in Rome, aged 80. Born in 1946 in the capital, she was the daughter of Altiero Spinelli – one of the intellectuals regarded as a founding father of the European Union – and Ursula Hirschmann – a German anti-fascist politician and advocate of European federalism.

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Journalist, essayist and former Italian MEP. Barbara Spinelli died today, October 7, 2026, in Rome, at the age of 80. Born in 1946 in the capital, she was the daughter of Altiero...

·Milan, Italy
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Former Italian journalist and left-wing politician Barbara Spinelli has died at the age of 80, European Parliament sources said on Wednesday. (ANSA)

·Rome, Italy
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For decades he has told and analyzed the major changes in European and international politics

·Turin, Italy
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Barbara Spinelli, journalist, essayist and former Italian MEP, died: she was 80 years old. She was the daughter of Altiero Spinelli, one of the intellectuals who wrote the so-called...

·Rome, Italy
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Daughter of Altiero Spinelli, inspiring father of the European Union, was one of the founders of the Republic. She was 80 years old

·Rome, Italy
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Daughter of Altiero Spinelli and Ursula Hirschmann, she was one of the founders of the Republic and for ten years she collaborated with Fatto Quotidiano. In 2014 she was elected to the European Parliament with L'Altra Europa with Tsipras. The funerals will be held in private form

·Italy
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Il Fatto Quotidiano broke the news in Rome, Italy on Wednesday, October 7, 2026.
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