Monica Frassoni

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Monica Frassoni, MEP

Monica Frassoni (born 10 September 1963, Veracruz, Mexico) is an MEP from the Italian eco-socialist political party the Federation of the Greens. She is also one of the trustees of the well-known lobby group Friends of Europe.

Affiliations

• Member, Conference of Presidents
• Member, Committee on Legal Affairs
• Member, Delegation for relations with Mercosur
• Member, Delegation to the Euro-Latin American Parliamentary Assembly
• Substitute, Committee on Constitutional Affairs
• Substitute, Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety
• Substitute, Delegation for relations with Iran
• Substitute, Delegation to the Euro-Mediterranean Parliamentary Assembly

Record and Controversies

Declaration of Financial Interests

• Nothing to declare.

Personal Information

Curriculum Vitae

• Graduate in political science (Florence, 1989).
• Temporary agent working for the Green Group in the European Parliament, specialising in constitutional affairs (1990-1999).
• General Secretary of the NGO 'Young European Federalists' (JEF).
• Chairman of the Europe Coordinating Bureau (ECB) of youth NGOs (1991-1993).
• Elected to the European Parliament in 1999 as Member for the Belgian Greens (ECOLO) and in 2004 for the Italian Greens (Federation of the Greens).
• Co-chairman of the Group of the Greens/European Free Alliance (since 2002).

Contact

Address:

Parlement européen

Bât. Altiero Spinelli

08G202

60, rue Wiertz / Wiertzstraat 60

B-1047 Bruxelles/Brussel

Phone:

+32 (0)2 28 45932

Fax

+32 (0)2 28 49932

Email:

monica.frassoni@europarl.europa.eu

Website:

http://www.monicafrassoni.it

Resources

• European Parliament, Dichiarazione degli Interessi di carattere finanziario dei deputati: Monica Frassoni, 19 December 2008, accessed 18 April 2009.
• European Parliament, MEP Directory: Monica Frassoni, accessed 18 April 2009.