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pronunciation:
[boneenoh]
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| Politician, born near Turin, NW Italy. Born into a poor farming family, at the age of 28 she became pregnant and chose to have an abortion, then illegal in Italy. To draw attention to the squalid conditions of underground abortions, she made hers public, was sent to jail, went on hunger strike, and helped to change the law. She then joined the small Radical Party and campaigned successfully for the introduction of a divorce law. In 1995 she was chosen European Commissioner for fisheries, consumer affairs, and humanitarian aid, with responsibility for the controversial Common Fisheries Policy. In 1999, along with all the other commissioners, she resigned following criticism of the European Commission's administration. In the same year she was elected to the European Parliament. |
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