Pina Picierno

Career in national politics Picierno served two terms as a member of the Italian Parliament between 2008 and 2014. Member of the European Parliament, 2014–present Picierno was selected to head her party's regional list in the 2014 European elections. In parliament, she is a member of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats group. She served on the Committee on Budgets from 2014 to 2017 and currently serves on the Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality. In addition to her committee assignments, she served as vice-chairwoman of the parliament's delegation to the EU-Mexico Joint Parliamentary Committee from 2014 to 2019. Picierno is also a member of the European Parliament Intergroup on Cancer, the European Parliament Intergroup on Fighting against Poverty, the European Parliament Intergroup on Integrity (Transparency, Anti-Corruption and Organized Crime) and of the European Parliament Intergroup on the Western Sahara. ==Recognition==

In 2019, Picierno was the recipient of the Justice & Gender Equality Award at The Parliament Magazine's annual MEP Awards. ==Controversy==

In late March 2025, it was revealed that four months earlier Picierno had participated in a meeting with the Israel Defense and Security Forum (IDSF), a far-right Israeli think tank supporting illegal settlements in the West Bank. The case, unfolding during the Gaza war, was met with criticism both from within her party and other political forces, with Andrea Orlando, Susanna Camusso, Laura Boldrini, Arturo Scotto and Nico Stumpo calling for a removal of IDSF from the registries of the European Parliament. Picierno claimed that "isolating Israel means condemning an entire area to an eternal right-wing sovereigntism", receiving support from other Democratic Party members Filippo Sensi, Simona Malpezzi and Piero Fassino. == Awards ==

• Order of Princess Olga, 3rd class (Ukraine, 2026) == References ==