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'{{short description|Italian politician (born 1985)}} {{EngvarB|date=February 2023}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2023}} {{Infobox officeholder | image = Elly Schlein 2023 (cropped).jpg | caption = Schlein in 2023 | office = [[List of secretaries of the Democratic Party (Italy)|Secretary of the Democratic Party]] | term_start = 12 March 2023 | term_end = | predecessor = [[Enrico Letta]] | successor = | office1 = Member of the [[Chamber of Deputies (Italy)|Chamber of Deputies]] | term_start1 = 13 October 2022 | term_end1 = | constituency1 = [[Emilia-Romagna (Chamber of Deputies constituency)|Emilia-Romagna – 02]] | office2 = [[President of Emilia-Romagna|Vice President of Emilia-Romagna]] | term_start2 = 28 February 2020 | term_end2 = 24 October 2022 | president2 = [[Stefano Bonaccini]] | predecessor2 = Raffaele Donini | successor2 = Irene Priolo | office3 = [[Member of the European Parliament]] | term_start3 = 1 July 2014 | term_end3 = 2 July 2019 | constituency3 = [[North-East Italy (European Parliament constituency)|North-East Italy]] | birth_name = Elena Ethel Schlein | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1985|05|04}} | birth_place = [[Lugano]], Switzerland | death_date = | death_place = | party = [[Democratic Party (Italy)|Democratic Party]]<br>{{small|(2013–2015; since 2022)}} | otherparty = {{ubl|[[Possible (Italy)|Possibile]] {{small|(2015–2019)}}|Coraggiosa {{small|(2019–2020)}}|[[Green Italia]] {{small|(2020–2022)}}}} | nationality = {{hlist|Italian|Swiss|American}} | alma_mater = [[University of Bologna]] | occupation = | partner = Paola Belloni }} '''Elena Ethel''' "'''Elly'''" '''Schlein''' ({{IPA-it|ˈɛlli ˈʃlain}}; born 4 May 1985) is an Italian politician who has been the secretary of the [[Democratic Party (Italy)|Democratic Party]] (PD) since 12 March 2023.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tgcom24.mediaset.it/politica/pd-schlein-unita-rilancio-assemblea-12-marzo_61632959-202302k.shtml|title=Pd, Schlein: "Lavoro per la massima unità e per il rilancio del partito, l'assemblea il 12 marzo"|date=27 February 2023|website=TGcom24}}</ref> She is a member of Italy's [[Chamber of Deputies (Italy)|Chamber of Deputies]] and was previously the vice-president of [[Emilia-Romagna]] and a [[member of the European Parliament]]. On 26 February 2023, she was elected as the new [[List of secretaries of the Democratic Party (Italy)|secretary of the PD]] with 54% of the vote, becoming the first woman to lead the party.<ref>{{Cite web |date=26 February 2023 |title=Chi è Elly Schlein, la nuova segretaria del PD |url=https://www.ilpost.it/2023/02/26/elly-schlein-nuova-segretaria-pd/ |access-date=27 February 2023 |website=Il Post |language=it-IT}}</ref> == Early life and education == Elena Ethel Schlein was born on 4 May 1985 in [[Lugano]], Switzerland.<ref>{{Cite web |date=23 February 2023 |title=Differenze e convergenze. Il confronto tra i sostenitori di Bonaccini e Schlein |url=https://www.newsrimini.it/2023/02/differenze-e-convergenze-il-confronto-tra-i-sostenitori-di-bonaccini-e-schlein/ |access-date=26 February 2023 |website=newsrimini |language=it}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=Cazzullo |first=Aldo |date=18 February 2023 |title=Elly Schlein: O il Pd cambia o è finita. Io non ho nulla da perdere e per questo vincerò |url=https://www.corriere.it/politica/23_febbraio_18/elly-schlein-o-pd-cambia-o-finita-io-non-ho-nulla-perdere-questo-vincero-6d2d0de2-aefa-11ed-b1a1-f70141d8ba43.shtml |access-date=26 February 2023 |website=Corriere della Sera |language=it-IT}}</ref> Her father, Melvin Schlein, is an American academic and political scientist of [[Ashkenazi Jewish]] descent.<ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Sbaffi |first=Giulia |date=12 February 2020 |title=Sapevi che Elly Schlein ha frequentato il DAMS? Tutto sulla giovane politica |url=https://www.donnaglamour.it/chi-e-elly-schlein/curiosita/ |access-date=4 October 2022 |website=Donna Glamour |language=it-IT}}</ref> Her mother, Maria Paola Viviani, is a professor of comparative public law at the [[University of Insubria]].<ref name=":2" /> Originally, her paternal grandfather's surname was Schleyen; after arriving at [[Ellis Island]], he changed it to Schlein.<ref name=":1" /> Her maternal grandfather was the [[Italian Socialist Party]] politician {{ill|Agostino Viviani|it}}, senator from 1972 to 1979 and a member of the [[High Council of the Judiciary (Italy)|High Council of the Judiciary]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Salati |first=Di Alexia |date=4 February 2020 |title=Il dubbio: Agostino Viviani, l'avvocato che sfidò le toghe. E perse… – Elly Schlein |url=https://www.ellyschlein.it/il-dubbio-agostino-viviani-lavvocato-che-sfido-le-toghe-e-perse |access-date=4 October 2022 |website=Elly Schlein |language=it-IT}}</ref> Her paternal ancestors were from [[Zhovkva]], now located in Ukraine, and her paternal grandmother, from whom she takes the middle name "Ethel", was of [[Lithuanians|Lithuanian]] origin.<ref name=":1" /> She has a sister who is a diplomat by profession and a brother who is a mathematician.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=it&tl=en&hl=it&u=https://corrieredibologna.corriere.it/notizie/politica/23_febbraio_28/elly-schlein-la-famiglia-i-genitori-prof-universitari-la-sorella-diplomatica-il-fratello-fisico-f66950a1-5da1-4722-9317-9f91d9f68xlk_amp.shtml&client=webapp|journal=Il Corriere di Bologna|language=it|title=Elly Schlein's family: university professor parents, diplomat sister, physicist brother}}</ref> Later in life, Schlein moved to [[Bologna]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Sciorilli Borrelli |first=Silvia |date=13 February 2020 |title=Meet the Italian left's rising star |url=https://www.politico.eu/article/meet-the-italian-left-rising-star-elly-schlein-pd/ |access-date=26 February 2023 |website=Politico |language=en-US}}</ref> She graduated in [[law]] at the [[University of Bologna]] in 2011, discussing a thesis on [[constitutional law]].<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |last=Civati |first=Giuseppe |date=17 May 2014 |title=L'isola di Elly |url=https://www.ciwati.it/2014/05/17/lisola-di-elly/ |access-date=26 February 2023 |website=Ciwati |language=it}}</ref> Schlein holds American, Italian and Swiss citizenships.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Pizzimenti |first1=Chiara |title=Elly Schlein, la famiglia della nuova segretaria del Pd |url=https://www.vanityfair.it/article/elly-schlein-famiglia-nuova-segretaria-pd |access-date=28 February 2023 |work=Vanity Fair Italia |date=27 February 2023 |language=it-IT}}</ref> == Political career == === Early beginnings, 2008–2013 === In 2008 and 2012, Schlein volunteered on [[Barack Obama]]'s two presidential campaigns in the United States.<ref name=":0" /> In 2011, she was one of the founders of the association of university students known as Progrè, an association that dealt with deepening and sensitising public opinion on issues related to migration policies and the prison reality.<ref>{{Cite web |date=16 November 2012 |title=Chi siamo |url=http://www.progre.eu/chi-siamo-2/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140529052811/http://www.progre.eu/chi-siamo-2/ |archive-date=29 May 2014 |access-date=26 February 2023 |website=progre |language=it}}</ref> In April 2013, [[Romano Prodi]], former [[Prime Minister of Italy]] and president of the [[Democratic Party (Italy)|Democratic Party]] (PD), received in support less than 100 [[Centre-left coalition (Italy)|centre-left coalition]] electors and left the [[2013 Italian presidential election]] campaign. In response, Schlein gave life to the mobilisation campaign known as #OccupyPD, which criticised those behind Prodi's loss and opposed the formation of a [[grand coalition]] government, the [[Letta Cabinet]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=#Occupypd, sedi di partito occupate dai giovani del Pd |url=http://www.corriere.it/politica/speciali/foto/2013/elezioni-presidente-repubblica/occupypd/occupypd-sedi-partito-occupate-giovani-pd_4c77e6b4-a85f-11e2-96ed-0ed8c4083cbe.shtml |access-date=26 February 2023 |website=Corriere della Sera |language=it}}</ref> In the [[2013 PD leadership election]] on 8 December, Schlein gave her support to [[Giuseppe Civati]], who ranked third.<ref>{{cite news |title=Elly Schlein, Civati segretario per il cambiamento: 'Il PD ha sbagliato tutto dopo le primarie' |trans-title=Elly Schlein, Civati secretary for change: 'The PD got it all wrong after the primaries' |language=it |url=https://www.bolognatoday.it/politica/elly-schlein-civati-primarie-pd.html |work=BolognaToday |date=3 December 2013 }}</ref> === Member of the European Parliament, 2014–2019 === In February 2014, Schlein ran with the PD for a seat at the [[European Parliament]] in the [[North-East Italy (European Parliament constituency)|North-Eastern constituency]]. In the [[2014 European Parliament election in Italy]], she was elected to the [[European Parliament]].<ref>{{cite web|work=[[L'Espresso]]|url=http://espresso.repubblica.it/palazzo/2014/05/22/news/europee-parla-la-civatiana-elly-schlein-vince-il-pd-ma-serve-riflessione-sul-governo-1.166533|title=Europee, parla la civatiana Elly Schlein: "Vince il Pd, ma serve riflessione sul governo"|date=22 May 2014|accessdate=13 April 2019}}</ref> She served on the [[European Parliament Committee on Development]].<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |title=Elly Schlein |url=https://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/en/124804/ELLY_SCHLEIN/history/8 |access-date=26 February 2023 |website=European Parliament|date=4 May 1985 }}</ref> In addition to her committee assignments, she was part of the parliament's delegation to the European Union–Albania Stabilisation and Association Parliamentary Committee.<ref name=":3" /> In May 2015, Schlein announced through a post on Facebook that she was leaving the PD, being in deep disagreement with the new political line of the party imposed by the party secretary and Italy's prime minister [[Matteo Renzi]], and joined [[Possible (Italy)|Possible]], the party founded by Civati.<ref>{{cite web |last=Capelli |first=Eleonora |date=9 May 2015 |title=Elly Schlein: "Volevo riportare Prodi nel Pd ma ora non sopporto più le troppe scelte di destra" |url=https://www.repubblica.it/politica/2015/05/09/news/elly_schlein_volevo_riportare_prodi_nel_pd_ma_ora_non_sopporto_piu_le_troppe_scelte_di_destra_-113944631/ |accessdate=13 April 2019 |work=[[La Repubblica]]}}</ref> In April 2019, Schlein announced her intention not to run in the [[2019 European Parliament election in Italy]].<ref>{{cite web |last=Testa |first=Tiziana |date=12 April 2019 |title=Schlein: "Europarlamento addio, ecco perchè non mi ricandido" |url=https://www.repubblica.it/politica/2019/04/12/news/elly_schlein_sinistra_centrosinistra_pd_partito_democratico-223845204/ |accessdate=13 April 2019 |work=[[La Repubblica]]}}</ref> === Vice-president of Emilia-Romagna, 2020–2022 === In the [[2020 Emilia-Romagna regional election]] on 26 January, Schlein ran as a candidate for member of the regional council of [[Emilia-Romagna]] as part of a left-wing electoral alliance called Emilia-Romagna Courageous Ecologist and Progressive.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Fornasini |first=Elisa |date=27 December 2019 |title=Regionali, maratona per il deposito delle liste |url=https://www.estense.com/?p=827568,%20https://www.estense.com/?p=827568 |access-date=26 February 2023 |website=estense |language=it-IT}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=28 November 2019 |title=Inaugurato il comitato di 'Emilia Romagna Coraggiosa': "Al centro ambiente e lavoro" |url=https://www.ravennatoday.it/politica/inaugurato-il-comitato-di-emilia-romagna-coraggiosa-al-centro-ambiente-e-lavoro.html |access-date=26 February 2023 |website=RavennaToday |language=it}}</ref> She was elected with over 22,000 votes, the highest vote tally for a councillor in regional history, and was subsequently appointed by [[Stefano Bonaccini]] as his vice-president.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Laino |first=Gianmichele |date=27 January 2020 |title=Elly Schlein è la candidata più votata nella storia delle elezioni in Emilia-Romagna |url=https://www.giornalettismo.com/elly-schlein-candidata-piu-votata-emilia-romagna/ |access-date=26 February 2023 |website=Giornalettismo |language=it-IT}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Gagliardi |first=Andrea |date=29 January 2020 |title=Elly Schlein, l'outsider di sinistra più votata in Emilia Romagna |url=https://www.ilsole24ore.com/art/elly-schlein-l-outsider-piu-votata-emilia-romagna-ACzmLDFB |access-date=26 February 2023 |website=Il Sole 24 ORE |language=it}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=11 February 2020 |title=Emilia-Romagna, la nuova vicepresidente della Regione è Elly Schlein |url=https://bologna.repubblica.it/cronaca/2020/02/11/news/emilia-romagna_la_nuova_vicepresidente_della_regione_e_elly_schlein-248323680/ |access-date=26 February 2023 |website=la Repubblica |language=it}}</ref> In February 2020, the PD's secretary [[Nicola Zingaretti]] offered Schlein the party presidency spot left vacant by [[Paolo Gentiloni]].<ref name=":0" /> === 2022 general election and Democratic Party leadership run === In the [[2022 Italian general election|general election]] held on 26 September 2022, she was elected to the country's [[Chamber of Deputies (Italy)|Chamber of Deputies]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=27 September 2022 |title=Parlamentari eletti alle politiche in Emilia Romagna: chi sono |url=https://www.ilrestodelcarlino.it/emilia-romagna/parlamentari-eletti-1.8120326 |access-date=26 February 2023 |website=il Resto del Carlino |language=it}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=XIX Legislatura - Deputati e Organi - Scheda deputato - SCHLEIN Elly |url=https://www.camera.it/leg19/29?tipoAttivita=&tipoVisAtt=&tipoPersona=&shadow_deputato=308930&idLegislatura=19 |access-date=26 February 2023 |website=Camera dei deputati |language=it}}</ref> A few weeks later, following Letta's resignation as [[leader of the PD]], Schlein announced her run for the [[2023 PD leadership election]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=11 November 2022 |title=Elly Schlein ha fatto capire che vuole candidarsi alla segreteria del PD |url=https://www.ilpost.it/2022/11/11/elly-schlein-candidatura-segreteria-pd/ |access-date=26 February 2023 |website=Il Post |language=it-IT}}</ref> In an upset,<ref>{{cite news |last=Balmer |first=Crispian |date=27 February 2023 |title=In surprise result, Italy's left picks Elly Schlein to rebuild party |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/surprise-result-italys-left-picks-elly-schlein-rebuild-party-2023-02-27/ |access-date=27 February 2023}}</ref> for the first time in the party's leadership elections, Schlein overcame the second place of the closed primary,<ref>{{Cite web |date=20 February 2023 |title=Stefano Bonaccini ed Elly Schlein sono i due candidati alla segreteria del PD |url=https://www.ilpost.it/2023/02/20/bonaccini-schlein-candidati-segreteria-partito-democratico/ |access-date=27 February 2023 |website=Il Post |language=it-IT}}</ref> by winning the open primary on 26 February 2023,<ref>{{Cite web |date=26 February 2023 |title=Elly Schlein nuova segretaria, il Pd svolta a sinistra: «Saremo un problema per il governo» |url=https://www.ilmattino.it/primopiano/politica/primarie_pd_bonaccini_schlein_chi_vince_voto_ultime_notizie-7254823.html |access-date=27 February 2023 |website=Il Mattino |language=it}}</ref> when she was successfully elected ahead of [[Stefano Bonaccini]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Nova |first=Redazione Agenzia |date=26 February 2023 |title=Elly Schlein è la nuova segretaria del Partito democratico |url=https://www.agenzianova.com/news/elly-schlein-e-la-nuova-segretaria-del-partito-democratico/ |access-date=26 February 2023 |website=Agenzia Nova |language=it-IT}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=26 February 2023 |title=Chi è Elly Schlein, la nuova segretaria del PD |url=https://www.ilpost.it/2023/02/26/elly-schlein-nuova-segretaria-pd/ |access-date=26 February 2023 |website=Il Post |language=it-IT}}</ref> In doing so, she became the PD's first female, as well as the youngest person,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Chi è Elly Schlein, la nuova segretaria del Pd e prima donna a guidare il partito |url=https://www.fanpage.it/politica/chi-e-elly-schlein-la-nuova-segretaria-del-pd-e-prima-donna-a-guidare-il-partito/ |access-date=27 February 2023 |website=Fanpage |language=it}}</ref> to be elected leader of the PD since the formation of the party in 2007.<ref>{{Cite news |date=27 February 2023 |title=Schlein first female leader of the Democratic Party, today the handover |language=en-us |work=Italy 24 Press News |url=https://news.italy24.press/trends/384710.html |access-date=27 February 2023}}</ref> She is also the first publicly-declared LGBTQ secretary of the Italian center-left leading party. During her rise in the party, she has been compared to American congresswoman [[Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Giuffrida |first=Angela |date=27 February 2023 |title=Elly Schlein voted leader of Italy's most important leftwing party in surprise win |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/feb/27/elly-schlein-voted-leader-of-italy-democratic-party-surprise-win |access-date=27 February 2023 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> She succeeded Letta on 12 March 2023.<ref>{{Cite web |date=12 March 2023 |title=Pd, Bonaccini eletto presidente. Schlein: 'Basta liti interne' |url=https://tg24.sky.it/politica/2023/03/12/pd-assemblea-schlein |access-date=2023-03-13 |website=tg24.sky.it |language=it}}</ref> On 18 April 2023, Schlein expressed her personal opinion in favour of [[surrogacy]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www-fanpage-it.translate.goog/politica/maternita-surrogata-schlein-si-dice-a-favore-della-gestazione-per-altri-aperta-a-confronto-nel-pd/?_x_tr_sl=it&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=it&_x_tr_pto=wapp|title=Surrogate motherhood, Schlein says she is in favour of gestation for others: "Open for comparison in the Democratic Party"|date=19 April 2023|publisher=[[Fanpage]]|language=It}}</ref> === 2024 European Parliament Elections === In the April 2024 [[2024 European Parliament election|European elections]] the PD received 24.1% of the votes, the best result for the party in recent electoral competitions, narrowing the gap with [[Brothers of Italy]], the leading party, which reached 28.8%.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Home {{!}} 2024 European election results {{!}} Italy {{!}} European Parliament |url=https://results.elections.europa.eu/en/italy/ |access-date=2024-06-14 |website=https://results-elections.secvoting.com/ |language=en}}</ref> The good result obtained by the Democratic Party in the European elections consolidates Elly Schlein's leadership and legitimizes her as the main leader of the opposition to the right-wing government led by [[Giorgia Meloni]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Nova |first=Redazione Agenzia |date=2024-06-10 |title=European Championships: Meloni and Schlein rejoice, disappointment for Conte. Forza Italia surpasses the League |url=https://www.agenzianova.com/en/news/Europeans-Meloni-and-Schlein-rejoice-in-Conte%27s-disappointment-as-Forza-Italia-tops-the-league/ |access-date=2024-06-14 |website=Agenzia Nova |language=en}}</ref> The European result puts Schlein in a position to personally lead the negotiations for the [[Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats|Socialists and Democrats]] group for the new leadership of the [[European Commission]],<ref>{{Cite web |title=Schlein: 'Siamo determinanti in Ue, gestirò il negoziato' {{!}} ANSA.it |url=https://www.ansa.it/amp/sito/notizie/politica/2024/06/14/schlein-siamo-determinanti-in-ue-gestiro-il-negoziato_055a3bc2-5306-435a-a570-8e6d1ace48ca.html |access-date=2024-06-14 |website=www.ansa.it |language=it}}</ref> as the PD obtained 21 deputies, one more than the [[Spanish Socialist Workers' Party|Spanish socialists]], the second party with the most MEPs. == Personal life == In February 2020, Schlein came out as [[bisexual]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Zincone |first=Vittorio |date=21 February 2020 |title=Elly Schlein, amori bisex e la politica per caso: «Ma io sognavo il cinema» |url=https://www.corriere.it/sette/politica/20_febbraio_21/elly-schlein-amori-bisex-politica-caso-ma-io-sognavo-cinema-ae91de02-508e-11ea-a691-847c284ba0e7.shtml |access-date=4 October 2022 |website=Corriere della Sera |language=it}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=14 February 2020 |title=Il coming out di Elly Schlein è perfetto perché non esiste un coming out perfetto |url=https://www.gaypost.it/coming-out-elly-schlein-perfetto |access-date=27 February 2023 |website=Gaypost.it |language=it-IT}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |title=Elly Schlein, una donna queer candidata alla segreteria PD - Gay.it |language=it-IT |work=Gay.it |url=https://www.gay.it/elly-schlein-donna-queer-candidata-alla-segreteria-pd |access-date=27 February 2023}}</ref> She describes herself as a [[feminist]] and a [[Progressivism|progressive]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=26 February 2023 |title=Elly Schlein è la prima donna alla guida del Pd: "Bisessuale, femminista e progressista" - Luce |url=https://luce.lanazione.it/politica/primarie-elly-schlein-prima-donna-segretaria-pd-fluida/ |access-date=27 February 2023 |language=it-IT}}</ref> Schlein has faced antisemitic abuse including [[George Soros conspiracy theories|conspiracy theories]] of being funded by the Jewish financier [[George Soros]] and [[Jewish nose|comments on her nose]], which she describes as of [[Etruscan civilization|Etruscan]] and not Jewish origin.<ref>{{cite news |title=Lo sfogo di Schlein: "Attacchi antisemiti per il mio naso e il mio cognome" |url=https://www.repubblica.it/politica/2023/02/03/news/elly_schlein_ebrea_religione_naso-386339294/ |access-date=19 April 2023 |work=[[La Repubblica]] |date=3 February 2023 |language=it}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Momigliano |first1=Anna |title=Why This Rising Italian Politician Is Downplaying Her Jewish Roots |url=https://www.haaretz.com/jewish/2023-02-23/ty-article/.highlight/why-this-rising-italian-politician-is-playing-down-her-jewish-roots/00000186-7994-d38d-ada7-79d71b6d0000 |access-date=19 April 2023 |work=[[Haaretz]] |date=23 February 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Schlein, su rete ignobili attacchi antisemiti per il mio naso |url=https://it.euronews.com/2023/02/03/schlein-su-rete-ignobili-attacchi-antisemiti-per-il-mio-naso |access-date=19 April 2023 |work=[[Euronews]] |date=3 February 2023|language=it}}</ref> In December 2022, arsonists destroyed a car used by her sister, diplomat Susanna Schlein serving in [[Athens]], prompting Italy's incumbent prime minister [[Giorgia Meloni]] to express her "profound concern".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Stamouli |first=Nektaria |date=2 December 2022 |title=Italian diplomat's car torched in Athens |url=https://www.politico.eu/article/arsonists-destroy-italian-diplomats-car-in-athens/ |access-date=26 February 2023 |website=Politico |language=en-US}}</ref> Schlein's current partner is [[Cagliari]]-born Paola Belloni.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ciusa |first=Maria Luisa Porcella |date=2023-04-05 |title=Paola Belloni, compagna cagliaritana di Elly Schlein si sfoga contro le foto rubate della sua quotidianità |url=https://www.vistanet.it/cagliari/2023/04/05/paola-belloni-compagna-cagliaritana-di-elly-schlein-si-sfoga-contro-le-foto-rubate-della-sua-quotidianita/ |access-date=2023-06-15 |website=cagliari.vistanet.it |language=it-IT}}</ref> == References == {{Reflist}} == Further reading == * {{cite AV media |last1=Aggestam |first1=Karin |last2=De Vos |first2=Dieneke |last3=Schlein |first3=Elly |last4=Viseur Sellers |first4=Patricia |title=Role of women in conflict and peacemaking |date=2016 |hdl=1814/67571 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hoDzLj3Wjws|access-date=27 February 2023|via=YouTube }} * {{cite book |last1=Schlein |first1=Elly |chapter=L'Europa tra riforma della Convenzione di Dublino, muri e migration compact |trans-chapter=Europe between the reform of the Dublin Convention, walls and migration compact |language=it |pages=111–118 |chapter-url=http://digital.casalini.it/4334660 |editor1-last=Calabrò |editor1-first=Anna Rita |title=Quaderni del Master in 'Immigrazione, Genere, Modelli Familiari e Strategie di Integrazione' n. 4: Strategie per un mondo nuovo: prospettive di gestione dei flussi migratori provenienti dall'Africa |date=2018 |publisher=Ledizioni |isbn=978-88-6705-893-8 }} * {{cite journal |last1=Schlein |first1=Elly |title=Migration is not an emergency |journal=Great Insights |volume=7 |issue=1 |date=Winter 2018 |pages=18–19 |url=https://ecdpm.org/wp-content/uploads/Great_Insights_vol_7_issue_1_Migration.pdf#page=18 |access-date=26 September 2022 |archive-date=20 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220120105712/https://ecdpm.org/wp-content/uploads/Great_Insights_vol_7_issue_1_Migration.pdf#page=18 |url-status=dead }} * {{cite news |last1=Sciorilli Borrelli |first1=Silvia |title=Meet the Italian left's rising star |url=https://www.politico.eu/article/meet-the-italian-left-rising-star-elly-schlein-pd/ |work=Politico |date=13 February 2020|access-date=27 February 2023 }} == External links == * [http://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/it/124804/ELLY_SCHLEIN/home Files about her parliamentary activities in the European Parliament] (in Italian) VIII legislature {{s-start}} {{s-ppo}} {{s-bef|before=[[Enrico Letta]]}} {{s-ttl|title=[[List of secretaries of the Democratic Party (Italy)|Secretary of the Democratic Party]]|years=2023–present}} {{s-inc}} {{s-end}} {{Democratic Party (Italy) leaders|state=collapsed}} {{authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Schlein, Elly}} [[Category:1985 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:LGBT legislators in Italy]] [[Category:Bisexual women politicians]] [[Category:Bisexual Jews]] [[Category:Italian bisexual women]] [[Category:Italian bisexual politicians]] [[Category:People from Lugano]] [[Category:Democratic 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