She graduated in philosophy and psychology at the
LUMSA in 1969. Luciana Sbarbati worked as a university assistant and school principal. As member of the
Italian Republican Party, she was elected parliamentary Deputy in 1992, in 1994 (into the
Alliance of Progressives) and 1996 (into the
Populars for Prodi). In 1999, she was elected MEP and was re-confirmed in 2004. As MEP she was member of the Bureau of the
Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe and sat on the
European Parliament's
Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs and its
Committee on Petitions. In 2001, in opposition to the PRI's decision to forge an alliance with the
House of Freedoms, she left the party and founded the
European Republicans Movement. In the 2008 general election she was elected Senator among the ranks of the
Democratic Party. In 2011, with the reunification of PRI and MRE, sanctioned by the PRI congress held in Rome on 25–27 February, Luciana Sbarbati returned to the PRI and its National Directorate. ==Works==