Monica Frassoni
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Italy
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politician and was a Member of the European Parliament
Member of the European Parliament
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for the North West of Italy until 2009. She is a member of the Italian Green Party, part of the European Greens. Frassoni was co-chair, together with Daniel Cohn-Bendit
Daniel Cohn-Bendit
Daniel Marc Cohn-Bendit is a Franco-German politician, active in both countries. He was a student leader during the unrest of May 1968 in France and he was also known during that time as Dany le Rouge...
, of the European Greens–European Free Alliance
European Greens–European Free Alliance
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group in the European Parliament until 2009. Before first being elected as an MEP of the Francophone
Francophone
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Green party Ecolo
Ecolo
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from Belgium
Belgium
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in 1999, she served for 10 years as an officer of the Greens group in the European Parliament. She was previously Secreatary General of the Young European Federalists.
In 2010, she along with Cécile Duflot
Cécile Duflot
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, Renate Künast
Renate Künast
Renate Künast is a German politician who is chairwoman of the Alliance '90/The Greens Bundestag parliamentary group. She was the Minister of Consumer Protection, Food and Agriculture from 2001 to 2005...
, and Marina Silva
Marina Silva
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were named by Foreign Policy
Foreign Policy
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magazine to its list of top global thinkers, for taking Green
Green politics
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mainstream.