Rome office: Council members

ECFR has brought together a distinguished Council of over one hundred Members - politicians, decision makers, thinkers and business people from the EU's member states and candidate countries - which meets once a year as a full body. Through geographical and thematic task forces, members provide ECFR staff with advice and feedback on policy ideas and help with ECFR's activities within their own countries. The Council is chaired by Martti Ahtisaari, Joschka Fischer and Mabel van Oranje.

ECFR's Italian Council Members are:

Giuliano Amato – Former Prime Minister and Vice President of the European Convention

Emma Bonino –  Vice President of the Senate; former EU Commissioner

Massimo D’Alema – President, Italianieuropei Foundation; President, Foundation for European Progressive Studies; former Prime Minister and Foreign Minister

Marta Dassù – Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs

Gianfranco Dell’ Alba – Director, Brussels Office of Confindustria- Confederation of Italian Industry

Gianfranco Fini – President, Chamber of Deputies; former Foreign Minister

Emma Marcegaglia – President, Confindustria-Confederation of Italian Industry

Pasquale Salzano – Vice President for International Governmental Affairs, ENI

Stefano Sannino – Director General for Enlargement, European Commission

Giuseppe Scognamiglio – Head of Public Affairs - Executive Vice President - Unicredit SpA