Emma Bonino

Born on 9 March 1948
From Bra, Italy 
Studied literature at Bocconi University

Fun fact

She is godmother to Countess Emma Luana of Orange-Nassau, who is a Member of the Dutch Royal family.

Bonino first became involved in politics in 1975 when, after co-founding Italy’s Centre for Information on Sterilisation and Abortion, she turned herself into authorities for the crime of procured abortion, which became a legal right in 1978.

"Europe is a dream of a few, it will become a need of many and eventually a necessity of all. This is the beginning of our rapid march towards a United States of Europe: without a more united Europe we are dead.”