Francesca Romana D'Antuono (born 29 August 1987) is an Italian politician. In October 2021, she was elected co-president of Volt Europa together with Reinier van Lanschot at the 2021 General Assembly.
Francesca Romana D'Antuono | |
|---|---|
 D'Antuono in 2023 | |
| Co-President of Volt Europa | |
| In office October 2021 – November 2023 | |
| In office November 2023 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 29 August 1987 Vico Equense, Italy |
| Political party | Volt (since 2019) |
| Children | 1 |
| Education |
|
| Alma mater | Sapienza University of Rome University of Geneva |
| Occupation | Pharmaceutical company executive |
Career
editD'Antuono was born in Vico Equense, in the Southern Italian region of Campania, on 29 August 1987,[1] and grew up in Rome.[2] She studied pharmacy at the Sapienza University of Rome from 2006 to 2010, followed by studies at the Université de Genève. This was followed by training in marketing, management and healthcare policy in 2014 to 2015. In the following years, D'Antuono worked first for Astra Zeneca in Milan, then for the Menarini Group in Florence, each time as a product or brand manager.
From 2019 to 2020, D'Antuono was Volt Firenze's city coordinator and led Volt Italia's public relations team.[2][3] Since July 2020, D'Antuono lives in Berlin where she worked for Berlin-Chemie before moving to a full-time role in Volt Europa. In October 2021, she was elected co-president of Volt Europa together with Reinier van Lanschot at the General Assembly.[1]
Political positions
editWoman rights
editD'Antuono is advocating for the inclusion and advancement of women in leadership positions and aims for equal political representation. She criticises gender bias[4] in the medical sector, such as the fact that less is known about diseases and the effect of medicines on the female body, that diseases are diagnosed less quickly and that the risk of misdiagnosis or wrong treatment by doctors is higher.[5]
Minorities
editShe calls for social efforts to integrate people with disabilities into society from their early lives and reduce factors for discrimination such as segregation of people with disabilities in schools or accommodation facilities specifically for people, as called for by the UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.[6] In a series of contributions, D'Antuono criticises the handling of racism and hostility towards the LGBTQ community in Italy. She calls for self-reflection in society and for a critical approach to history.[7][8][9]
Democracy
editD'Antuono supports the democratisation of the European Parliament's elections by applying the same electoral system in all member states to ensure equal opportunities and representation within the EU.[10][11] She also supports the introduction of transnational lists for European elections.[11] In the 2022 Portuguese legislative election, together with Reinier Van Lanschot and Duarte Costa, respectively the former Volt co-president and Volt candidate of Portugal, she mounted an address to the sitting president of Portugal, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa – warning of constitutional problems and a dwindling confidence in the electoral system after massive problems with voting became known. In response, they proposed to reform the electoral system and to examine the possibility of electronic voting in addition to personal voting and postal voting.[12]
European defence policy
editIn a guest contribution, she called for the expansion of the Permanent Structured Cooperation (PESCO) and pleaded for a permanent EU armed corps that could be deployed quickly and autonomously in crises. She recommended that for future missions, obstacles should be removed quickly in order to be able to use existing structures and to find joint responses to crises. She also envisages coalitions of the willing for the establishment of a first permanent EU battle group.[13]
Personal life
editUnder the pseudonym Francesca del Mar, D'Antuono wrote several short stories and two books.[14][15] In August 2021, she became the mother of a son.[16]
References
edit- ^ a b "Volt elige un nuevo liderazgo y define su estrategia para obtener 25 escaños en las próximas elecciones europeas de 2024". Noticias de LEON | LEON7DIAS diario digital de noticias y actualidad de Leon (in Spanish). 18 October 2021. Retrieved 13 December 2021.
- ^ a b "Francesca Romana D'Antuono, Autore presso Tutti Europa ventitrenta". Tutti Europa ventitrenta (in Italian). Retrieved 14 December 2021.
- ^ "Primo compleanno di Volt Firenze: evento tutto la femminile". gonews.it (in Italian). 4 September 2019. Retrieved 14 December 2021.
- ^ "Gender bias in medical diagnosis: Facts, causes, and impact". www.medicalnewstoday.com. 17 June 2021. Retrieved 12 September 2023.
- ^ Autore (29 June 2020). "Ripartire al femminile". PUBBLICOMNOW (in Italian). Retrieved 14 December 2021.
- ^ Diritti, di Francesca Romana D’Antuono e Ronan Kerleo | 20 Apr 2022 | (19 April 2022). "Disabilità e abilismo nell'Unione Europea, che cosa può (e deve) fare la politica". Tutti Europa ventitrenta (in Italian). Retrieved 23 April 2022.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ Italia 2021, di Francesca Romana D'Antuono | 20 Lug 2021 | La nostra storia- (19 July 2021). "Mirko e Leonel". Tutti Europa ventitrenta (in Italian). Retrieved 24 May 2022.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ Italia 2021, di Francesca Romana D'Antuono | 20 Giu 2021 | La nostra storia- (19 June 2021). "Viola e Asif". Tutti Europa ventitrenta (in Italian). Retrieved 24 May 2022.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ Italia 2021, di Francesca Romana D'Antuono | 20 Apr 2021 | La nostra storia- (19 April 2021). "Elisabeth e Eve". Tutti Europa ventitrenta (in Italian). Retrieved 24 May 2022.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ D'Antuono, Francesca Romana (25 February 2022). "Democratizing the European parliament elections: why is it needed and where are we at". EURACTIV's CoFoE. Archived from the original on 25 February 2022. Retrieved 25 May 2022.
- ^ a b "D'Antuono (Volt) a TPI: "Elezioni europee? Serve una riforma elettorale. Ecco cosa vogliamo fare"". TPI (in Italian). 19 April 2024. Retrieved 19 April 2024.
- ^ Lusojornal (28 March 2022). "Legislativas'22: Candidatos do Volt alertam o Presidente da República para a necessidade de uma "reforma imediata" das Leis eleitorais". LusoJornal (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 24 May 2022.
- ^ Fabre, Emile; D'Antuono, Francesca Romana; Lanschot, Reinier Van (28 October 2021). "Time to make the leap with European crisis response units". www.euractiv.com. Retrieved 14 December 2021.
- ^ "Due donne alla guida di Volt Firenze". gonews.it (in Italian). 22 July 2019. Retrieved 14 December 2021.
- ^ "Francesca Romana D'Antuono | minima&moralia". Retrieved 14 December 2021.
- ^ "During the last #week I have been a bit absent from #socialmedia… Well here is why!". instagram.com. 1 September 2021. Retrieved 19 April 2024.