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Enrico Letta
Enrico Letta is an Italian politician who served as Prime Minister of Italy from April 2013 to February 2014, leading a grand coalition of centre-left and centre-right parties. He later was the leader of the Democratic Party (PD) from March 2021 to March 2023.
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Born 20 August 1966 · Q674957
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2026· 15 entries
“My big task will be to make sure that from this affair we can get a different Italian politics with institutional reforms,”
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“s had enough of taking lessons in morality from people threatening the govt. Then he”
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“Grande tristezza nell’apprendere la notizia della scomparsa della professoressa AnnaMaria Bastianoni, vera istituzione della comunità scolastica di Pisa e del “Galilei”. Una grande e appassionata figura di riferimento per intere generazioni @Nazione_Pisa @TirrenoProvPisa --- https:// nitter.net/EnricoLetta/status/ 2089343923546210707#m”
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“RT by @ EnricoLetta : A Europa que ainda falta construir Nos dias 29 e 30 de Outubro, Enrico Letta (antigo Primeiro Ministro de Itália, autor do relatório Much More Than a Market, presidente do Instituto Jacques Delors) será um dos convidados da 10ª edição das Estoril Conferences. Letta é hoje uma das vozes mais influentes no debate sobre o futuro da Europa e tem colocado a competitividade, a escala, o conhecimento, a inovação e a autonomia no centro do debate. A sua presença acontece num moment”
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“La lampada dei minatori di # Marcinelle . In memoria eterna. # 8Agosto --- https:// nitter.net/EnricoLetta/status/ 2086029449418482160#m”
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“RT by @ EnricoLetta : "Gli eroi son tutti giovani e belli..." Francesco e Augusto --- https:// nitter.net/CucchiRiccardo/stat us/2085629981267247569#m”
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“RT by @ EnricoLetta : Europe always chooses science and partnership. Japan too. Japan is now officially associated with Horizon Europe. This means Japanese researchers and organisations can take part in the world's largest public research and innovation programme. Let's break new frontiers together. --- https:// nitter.net/vonderleyen/status/ 2085668224037769591#m”
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“Oscar Luigi # Scalfaro , un grande Presidente, un uomo che ha servito le istituzioni da Statista. Un esempio per tutti. Azione Cattolica (@AC1868) «Porto questo distintivo perché l'Ac è il luogo dove mi hanno insegnato cos'è la libertà. E quando si deve battagliare per la libertà, prima si battaglia per la libertà degli altri e poi per la propria». Così Oscar Luigi Scalfaro il 10 maggio 1997, davanti a 30mila giovani di Ac — https:// nitter.net/AC1868/status/20853 49363572736430#m --- https:// n”
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“RT by @ EnricoLetta : «Porto questo distintivo perché l'Ac è il luogo dove mi hanno insegnato cos'è la libertà. E quando si deve battagliare per la libertà, prima si battaglia per la libertà degli altri e poi per la propria». Così Oscar Luigi Scalfaro il 10 maggio 1997, davanti a 30mila giovani di Ac --- https:// nitter.net/AC1868/status/20853 49363572736430#m”
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“Immortale. Un infinito immenso grazie. Francesco --- https:// nitter.net/EnricoLetta/status/ 2085297030411256127#m”
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“RT by @ EnricoLetta : Europe does not lack capital. It lacks the institutions to turn those savings into investment. Giovanni Sabatini’s new paper for the IE Competitiveness Hub Brussels is a timely reminder: stability after the crisis was essential, but competitiveness now depends on scale, integration, and capital flowing to European priorities. @IEuniversity @iespega 🔗Read more: https:// docs.ie.edu/IE%20Competitivene ss%20Hub%20Brussels/Updating%20EU%20Banking%20Regulation.pdf?_gl=1*cn63dg*”
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“Ceuta y la UE: la feria de las hipocresias. @And_Rizzi https:// elpais.com/espana/2026-08-05/c euta-y-la-ue-la-feria-de-las-hipocresias.html Ceuta y la UE: la feria de las hipocresias. @And_Rizzi elpais.com/espana/2026-08-05… Link Ceuta y la UE: la feria de las hipocresías | Análisis La crisis se convierte en un teatro de falsedades, tergiversaciones y oportunismos que, en distinto grado, implica a muchos de los protagonistas elpais.com --- https:// nitter.net/EnricoLetta/status/ 208489635309251”
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Euro News: Enrico Letta: "L'Ue sia unita o rischia di diventare una colonia di Usa e Cina"
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MilanoFinanza: Enrico Letta: «Su UniCredit-Commerzbank decisione Ue sarebbe sicuramente favorevole»
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2025· 1 entry
The New York Times: Enrico Letta
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2024· 3 entries
Il Sussidiario: Enrico Letta: “usare il Mes per la spesa militare Ue”/ La ‘manovra’ Pd-Forza Italia per pressare il Governo
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affaritaliani: Enrico Letta torna in cattedra, nominato decano a Madrid. Sarà professore alla Bocconi spagnola
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CNBC: 'We are losing competitiveness' in the EU, former Italian Prime Minister Letta says
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2022· 2 entries
Il Foglio: Enrico Letta, un leader in uscita ma non dimesso alle prese con un congresso che non c’è
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Career landmark: member of the Chamber of Deputies of the Italian Republic (2022–2024).
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2021· 2 entries
Career landmark: Secretary of the Democratic Party (2021–2023).
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Career landmark: member of the Chamber of Deputies of the Italian Republic (2021–2022).
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2020· 1 entry
Spoke in favour of the constitutional reform to reduce the number of MPs, considering it the first step to overcome perfect bicameralism
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2016· 2 entries
Amundi, in which he served as member of the Global Advisory Board since 2016, the Eurasia Group, of which he has been Senior Advisor since 2016, Publicis, where he served within the International Advisory Board since 201
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Letta supported the constitutional reform proposed by Renzi to reduce the powers of the Senate
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2015· 1 entry
Letta resigned as a member of the Chamber of Deputies, after having voted against the new electoral law proposed by Prime Minister Renzi; at the same time, he announced that he would not renew the PD's membership
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2014· 2 entries
RSI: Dimissioni irrevocabili d'Enrico Letta
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Career landmark: Italian Minister of Agriculture (2014–2014).
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2013· 7 entries
ecfr: La vittoria di Enrico Letta
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Awarded Grand Cross of the Order of Civil Merit (2013).
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One of the major problems of the country was the huge youth unemployment, which was valued around 40%
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Career landmark: Prime Minister of Italy (2013–2014).
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Career landmark: member of the Chamber of Deputies of the Italian Republic (2013–2015).
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Was the high levels of illegal immigration to Italy
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2008· 1 entry
Career landmark: member of the Chamber of Deputies of the Italian Republic (2008–2013).
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2007· 2 entries
Together with other The Daisy's members, Letta joined the Democratic Party (PD), the new centre-left party, born from the union between The Daisy and the Democrats of the Left
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Letta was one of the senior founding members of the Democratic Party, and in 2009 was elected as its Deputy Secretary
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2006· 3 entries
Career landmark: member of the Chamber of Deputies of the Italian Republic (2006–2008).
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Career landmark: Secretary of the Council of Ministers (2006–2008).
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Letta was re-elected to the Chamber of Deputies and was appointed Secretary of the Council of Ministers in the second government of Romano Prodi, thereby succeeding his uncle Gianni Letta who had held the same position i
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2004· 2 entries
Career landmark: Member of the European Parliament (2004–2006).
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Letta was elected member of the European Parliament, with nearly 179,000 votes, within The Olive Tree list, joining the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (ALDE) group
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2001· 2 entries
Career landmark: member of the Chamber of Deputies of the Italian Republic (2001–2004).
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Left the Cabinet upon his election to the Chamber of Deputies
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2000· 2 entries
Career landmark: Italian Minister of Economic Development (2000–2001).
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Career landmark: Minister of Foreign Trade (2000–2001).
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1999· 2 entries
Career landmark: Italian Minister of Economic Development (1999–2000).
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Letta became Minister of Industry, Commerce and Crafts in the second government of D'Alema; a position that he held until 2001, serving also in the cabinet of Giuliano Amato
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1998· 3 entries
Career landmark: Italian minister for EU Affairs (1998–1999).
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After the fall of Romano Prodi's first government, Letta was appointed Minister for the Community Policies in cabinet of Massimo D'Alema at the age of 32, becoming the youngest cabinet minister in post-war Italy
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When he was appointed to the Cabinet as Minister for the Community Policies, a role he held until 1999 when he was promoted to become Minister of Industry, Commerce, and Crafts
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1997· 1 entry
And 1998, when it was fully allied with the centre-left
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1994· 2 entries
Studied at University of Pisa (1994).
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Letta joined its immediate successor, the Italian People's Party (PPI); after serving as secretary general of the Euro Committee within the Ministry of Treasury from 1996 to 1997, he became deputy secretary of the party
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1993· 1 entry
And 1994, Letta worked as chief of staff for the minister of foreign affairs, Beniamino Andreatta; Andreatta, a left-leaning Christian Democrat economist with whom Letta had already been collaborating in a think tank kno
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1966· 1 entry
Born 1966-08-20.
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