Angelo Ciocca (born 28 June 1975) is an Italian politician and member of the European Parliament.[1]

Angelo Ciocca
Member of the European Parliament
for North-West Italy
Assumed office
7 July 2016
Personal details
Born (1975-06-28) 28 June 1975 (age 48)
Pavia, Italy
Political partyLeague

Career edit

On 7 July 2016, Ciocca succeeded at the European Parliament to Gianluca Buonanno, who died on 5 June in a car crash. On 23 October 2018, he trampled on a letter from the EU Commissioner for Economic and Monetary Affairs Pierre Moscovici on the rejection of the Italian government financial law, boasting then the gesture in that the shoe had been produced in Italy, even if he still getting a salary from the Commission .[2]

Controversies and judicial proceedings edit

Ciocca had been suspected of consorting with the Italian criminal organization 'Ndrangheta in Pavia in 2009.[3]

In January 2019, Ciocca was sentenced to 1 year and 6 months (with conditional suspension of the sentence and non-mention) as part of the penal trial concerning the Lombardy Region reimbursement scandal.[4]

References edit

  1. ^ "Angelo CIOCCA". European Parliament. Retrieved 3 January 2017.
  2. ^ Angelo Ciocca: “Scarpa su fogli di Moscovici? Rigorosamente italiana. All’inizio mi ha scambiato per suo collaboratore”
  3. ^ "La Lega e la 'ndrangheta, incontri elettorali con un consigliere regionale - Il Fatto Quotidiano". 16 July 2010.
  4. ^ Rimborsopoli Lombardia, 52 condanne. C'è anche il capogruppo della Lega al Senato