Elisabetta Gualmini
{{Short description|Italian politician}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2019}}
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| party = Democratic Party
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| constituency_MP = North-East Italy
| term_start = 2 July 2019{{cite web |title=Key dates ahead|url=http://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/press-room/elections-press-kit/0/key-dates-ahead |publisher=European Parliament |access-date=28 May 2019 |language=en |date=20 May 2017}}{{cite web |title=Key dates ahead|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-48365702|work=BBC News |access-date=28 May 2019 |language=en |date=22 May 2017}}
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| parliament = European
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1968|05|17}}
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| nationality = Italian
| spouse = Salvatore Vassallo
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| children = 2
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| alma_mater = University of Bologna (degree)
University of Florence (PhD)
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| profession = University professor
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Elisabetta Gualmini (born 17 May 1968 in Modena) is an Italian politician who was elected as a Member of the European Parliament in 2019.{{Cite web|url=http://www.ilpost.it/2019/05/28/eletti-europee-circoscrizioni/|title=Chi è stato eletto alle Europee|date=2019-05-28|website=Il Post|language=it-IT|access-date=2020-03-04}}
Political career
In parliament, Gualmini has been serving on the Committee on Budgets and on the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs since 2019. In this capacity, she has been the parliament’s rapporteur on the European Commission’s 2020 proposal for a directive to improve platform workers’ working conditions.Luca Bertuzzi (10 May 2022), [https://www.euractiv.com/section/digital/news/leading-mep-pushes-for-tight-employment-protection-in-platform-workers-directive/ Leading MEP pushes for tight employment protection in platform workers directive] Euractiv.
In addition to her committee assignments, Gualmini is part of the Parliament's delegation to the EU-Russia Parliamentary Cooperation Committee.[http://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/en/197618/ELISABETTA_GUALMINI/home Elisabetta Gualmini] European Parliament. She is also a member of the European Parliament Intergroup on Anti-Racism and Diversity,[https://www.europarl.europa.eu/about-parliament/files/organisation-and-rules/organisation/intergroups/list-of-members-anti-racism-diversity.pdf Intergroup on Anti-Racism and Diversity] European Parliament. the European Parliament Intergroup on Western Sahara[https://www.europarl.europa.eu/about-parliament/files/organisation-and-rules/organisation/intergroups/list-of-members-western-sahara.pdf Intergroup on Western Sahara] European Parliament. and the European Parliament Intergroup on Fighting against Poverty.[https://www.europarl.europa.eu/about-parliament/files/organisation-and-rules/organisation/intergroups/list-of-members-fighting-against-poverty.pdf Intergroup on Fighting against Poverty] European Parliament.
In 2025, Gualmini would be suspended from the S&D group due to the Qatargate scandal.{{Cite web |date=2025-03-04 |title=2 MEPs suspended from Socialist group over Qatargate probe |url=https://www.politico.eu/article/european-parliament-corruption-qatargate-belgian-prosecutor-immunity-meps/ |access-date=2025-03-05 |website=POLITICO |language=en-GB}}
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Category:MEPs for Italy 2019–2024
Category:21st-century women MEPs for Italy
Category:Democratic Party (Italy) MEPs
Category:MEPs for Italy 2024–2029
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