Elsa Fornero

Italian academic and politician · Italy · Academics · Born 1948 · age 78

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Elsa Maria Fornero is an Italian economist, university lecturer, and politician who served as Minister of Labour and Social Policies in the Monti Cabinet from November 2011 to April 2013.

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2011“There is also another area I would be interested in working on. I am referring to an educational project aimed at combating the commodification of the image of women.”In their words4 December 2011**Quoted in Pensioni, le lacrime della Fornero, la Repubblica, 4 December 2011.Read the whole statement

“Of course, I am fully committed to this issue, which includes discrimination against homosexuals and transgender people. The issue is one of rights.”In their words4 December 2011**Quoted in Pensioni, le lacrime della Fornero, la Repubblica, 4 December 2011.Read the whole statement

“I'm sorry that Brancaccio didn't get the chance to form a government. He would certainly have demonstrated much greater abilities than mine.”In their words4 December 2011*Quoted in Chamber of Deputies of the Italian Republic - 16th Legislature - Bulletin of Parliamentary Committees and Groups - JointRead the whole statement

“We are trying to protect people, not their jobs. People's attitudes need to change. Work is not a right: it has to be earned, including through sacrifice.”In their words4 December 2011*Quoted in Chamber of Deputies of the Italian Republic - 16th Legislature - Bulletin of Parliamentary Committees and Groups - JointRead the whole statement

“So, we carried out a pension reform in 15 days, not by choice but out of necessity.”In their words4 December 2011*Quoted in Chamber of Deputies of the Italian Republic - 16th Legislature - Bulletin of Parliamentary Committees and Groups - JointRead the whole statement

“Interviewer: Recently, the Consulta rejected the freeze on pension indexation proposed by the Monti government, of which you were a minister. How did you react to the ruling?”In their words4 December 2011*Quoted in Chamber of Deputies of the Italian Republic - 16th Legislature - Bulletin of Parliamentary Committees and Groups - JointRead the whole statement

1948Born7 May 1948

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Fornero being sworn in by the president of Italy on 16 November 2011

Fornero with her husband, Mario Deaglio, in Trento, 2012

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Elsa Fornero

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There is also another area I would be interested in working on. I am referring to an educational project aimed at combating the commodification of the image of women.
Dec 4, 2011, **Quoted in Pensioni, le lacrime della Fornero, la Repubblica, 4 December 2011., Own words
Of course, I am fully committed to this issue, which includes discrimination against homosexuals and transgender people. The issue is one of rights.
Dec 4, 2011, **Quoted in Pensioni, le lacrime della Fornero, la Repubblica, 4 December 2011., Own words
I'm sorry that Brancaccio didn't get the chance to form a government. He would certainly have demonstrated much greater abilities than mine.
Dec 4, 2011, *Quoted in Chamber of Deputies of the Italian Republic - 16th Legislature - Bulletin of Parliamentary Committees and Groups - Joint, Own words