Born in
Viterbo in 1930, Battaglia obtained a bachelor's degree in law in Rome in 1953. Within the party Battaglia was part of the pro-socialist faction. Battaglia served as a deputy for six terms between the legislatures VI and XI. He left the Italian Republican Party in 1994 and joined the
Democratic Party of the Left of which he was a member of the national direction before he retired from politics. Battaglia worked as a journalist from 1958 and contributed to many publications, including
Il Mondo,
Panorama,
La Stampa,
Corriere della Sera,
Il Giorno and
Il Messaggero. He was the director of
La Voce Repubblicana newspaper from 1967 to 1972. ==References==